Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.mixmin.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: UNSURE 0.237 X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.59; '*S*': 0.06; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'from:addr:cheimes.de': 0.16; 'from:addr:lists': 0.16; 'from:name:christian heimes': 0.16; 'message-id:@dough.gmane.org': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'seconds,': 0.16; 'soil,': 0.16; 'ideal': 0.20; 'subject:Questions': 0.22; 'somebody': 0.23; 'least': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.28; 'steven': 0.29; 'probably': 0.29; "i'm": 0.29; '(and': 0.32; 'room': 0.32; 'impression': 0.33; 'minutes,': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'christian': 0.34; 'wrong': 0.34; 'city.': 0.35; 'conditions.': 0.35; 'received:org': 0.36; 'but': 0.36; 'enough': 0.36; 'hours.': 0.37; 'two': 0.37; 'why': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'little': 0.39; 'where': 0.40; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'telling': 0.61; 'between': 0.63; 'capable': 0.63; 'making': 0.64; 'hours': 0.66; 'middle': 0.66; 'home': 0.66; 'everybody': 0.69; 'grow': 0.74; 'yourself': 0.77; '09:33,': 0.84; 'flowers': 0.84; 'garden,': 0.84; 'interviews.': 0.84; 'judgement': 0.84; 'plants': 0.84; 'subject:Interview': 0.84; 'plant': 0.91; 'shadow': 0.91; 'hair': 0.93; 'hate': 0.93; 'factors': 0.95; 'garden': 0.95 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Christian Heimes Subject: Re: Python Interview Questions Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:11:22 +0200 References: <1193768041.349129.26350@v3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> <3e0ef383-9615-4b4d-89c1-e5519971189f@googlegroups.com> <35e7a860-fd41-4018-82f6-aabc3261064d@googlegroups.com> <4ffbdae7$0$1796$c3e8da3$76491128@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: f049231185.adsl.alicedsl.de User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:12.0) Gecko/20120430 Thunderbird/12.0.1 In-Reply-To: <4ffbdae7$0$1796$c3e8da3$76491128@news.astraweb.com> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:15:40 +0200 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 24 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1341911741 news.xs4all.nl 6921 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:42194 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:25127 Am 10.07.2012 09:33, schrieb Steven D'Aprano: > This is why I hate job interviews. You have like 30 minutes, or even as > little as 30 seconds, to make a good impression on somebody who may or > may not be capable of telling the difference between a cheese sandwich > and a box of hair -- and even the *good* interviewers are probably making > their judgement on the basis of subjective factors with no right or wrong > answers. IMHO one category of answers is always wrong: lies. You may oversell yourself a bit, you can (and should) keep private matters to yourself but don't lie. > And live in a house in the suburbs with enough room for a garden, good > soil, and not in the shadow of buildings. And work hours where you are > home during daylight hours. Almost everybody can garden under ideal conditions. I grow about 15 herbs, strawberries, tomatoes, chillies and flowers on a small balcony in the middle of the city. This year I'm going to harvest at least 200 tomatoes from two plants in a 1m * 40cm * 40cm box of soil. I even have a calabash plant that grows like crazy. See? :) Christian