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This was embarrassing but in an interview I was asked if I what the current version of Java was and I wasn't sure but had an idea. I said 7 (and the correct answer is 8). In situations like this is it better not to guess and admit you'd have to look it up, or would you guess and say your not sure? I actually do know features new in Java 8 (such as lambda expressions) but the number slipped my mind. I could've answered "I forget the number but I am familiar with the newest version and features such as x y z". I know, rookie mistake.
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This was embarrassing but in an interview I was asked if I what the current version of Java was and I wasn't sure but had an idea. I said 7 (and the correct answer is 8). In situations like this is it better not to guess and admit you'd have to look it up, or would you guess and say your not sure? I actually do know features new in Java 8 (such as lambda expressions) but the number slipped my mind. I could've answered "I forget the number but I am familiar with the newest version and features such as x y z". I know, rookie mistake.
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Take a guess but mention that exact number slips your mind. People understand that we all have moments like that.
– Jacobr365
Apr 20 '16 at 19:54
I hope that some questions better than that.
– paparazzo
Apr 20 '16 at 20:00
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You could say "The version with lambda expressions" but don't say the number if you forgot. Is it 8 or 1.8 or 1.8.0 update 1, or is it called "service pack 5"? These are questions whose answers are not easily memorised unless you often install Java.
– Brandin
Apr 20 '16 at 20:08
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This is a bizarrely specific interview question.
– Andrew Whatever
Apr 20 '16 at 20:36
"I don't know the version number, but unless I'm massively out-of-date (again!), it's the version that introduced lambda expressions and that offered massively improved annotations."
– David Hammen
Apr 20 '16 at 21:01
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This was embarrassing but in an interview I was asked if I what the current version of Java was and I wasn't sure but had an idea. I said 7 (and the correct answer is 8). In situations like this is it better not to guess and admit you'd have to look it up, or would you guess and say your not sure? I actually do know features new in Java 8 (such as lambda expressions) but the number slipped my mind. I could've answered "I forget the number but I am familiar with the newest version and features such as x y z". I know, rookie mistake.
interviewing tech-industry
asked Apr 20 '16 at 19:48
DawnJoe
1036
This was embarrassing but in an interview I was asked if I what the current version of Java was and I wasn't sure but had an idea. I said 7 (and the correct answer is 8). In situations like this is it better not to guess and admit you'd have to look it up, or would you guess and say your not sure? I actually do know features new in Java 8 (such as lambda expressions) but the number slipped my mind. I could've answered "I forget the number but I am familiar with the newest version and features such as x y z". I know, rookie mistake.
interviewing tech-industry
asked Apr 20 '16 at 19:48
DawnJoe
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asked Apr 20 '16 at 19:48
DawnJoe
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asked Apr 20 '16 at 19:48
DawnJoe
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asked Apr 20 '16 at 19:48
DawnJoe
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Take a guess but mention that exact number slips your mind. People understand that we all have moments like that.
– Jacobr365
Apr 20 '16 at 19:54
I hope that some questions better than that.
– paparazzo
Apr 20 '16 at 20:00
4
You could say "The version with lambda expressions" but don't say the number if you forgot. Is it 8 or 1.8 or 1.8.0 update 1, or is it called "service pack 5"? These are questions whose answers are not easily memorised unless you often install Java.
– Brandin
Apr 20 '16 at 20:08
4
This is a bizarrely specific interview question.
– Andrew Whatever
Apr 20 '16 at 20:36
"I don't know the version number, but unless I'm massively out-of-date (again!), it's the version that introduced lambda expressions and that offered massively improved annotations."
– David Hammen
Apr 20 '16 at 21:01
 |Â
show 1 more comment
Take a guess but mention that exact number slips your mind. People understand that we all have moments like that.
– Jacobr365
Apr 20 '16 at 19:54
I hope that some questions better than that.
– paparazzo
Apr 20 '16 at 20:00
4
You could say "The version with lambda expressions" but don't say the number if you forgot. Is it 8 or 1.8 or 1.8.0 update 1, or is it called "service pack 5"? These are questions whose answers are not easily memorised unless you often install Java.
– Brandin
Apr 20 '16 at 20:08
4
This is a bizarrely specific interview question.
– Andrew Whatever
Apr 20 '16 at 20:36
"I don't know the version number, but unless I'm massively out-of-date (again!), it's the version that introduced lambda expressions and that offered massively improved annotations."
– David Hammen
Apr 20 '16 at 21:01
Take a guess but mention that exact number slips your mind. People understand that we all have moments like that.
– Jacobr365
Apr 20 '16 at 19:54
Take a guess but mention that exact number slips your mind. People understand that we all have moments like that.
– Jacobr365
Apr 20 '16 at 19:54
I hope that some questions better than that.
– paparazzo
Apr 20 '16 at 20:00
I hope that some questions better than that.
– paparazzo
Apr 20 '16 at 20:00
4
4
You could say "The version with lambda expressions" but don't say the number if you forgot. Is it 8 or 1.8 or 1.8.0 update 1, or is it called "service pack 5"? These are questions whose answers are not easily memorised unless you often install Java.
– Brandin
Apr 20 '16 at 20:08
You could say "The version with lambda expressions" but don't say the number if you forgot. Is it 8 or 1.8 or 1.8.0 update 1, or is it called "service pack 5"? These are questions whose answers are not easily memorised unless you often install Java.
– Brandin
Apr 20 '16 at 20:08
4
4
This is a bizarrely specific interview question.
– Andrew Whatever
Apr 20 '16 at 20:36
This is a bizarrely specific interview question.
– Andrew Whatever
Apr 20 '16 at 20:36
"I don't know the version number, but unless I'm massively out-of-date (again!), it's the version that introduced lambda expressions and that offered massively improved annotations."
– David Hammen
Apr 20 '16 at 21:01
"I don't know the version number, but unless I'm massively out-of-date (again!), it's the version that introduced lambda expressions and that offered massively improved annotations."
– David Hammen
Apr 20 '16 at 21:01
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I always answer with the truth. That's my "prime directive" in an interview.
If the truth is that I don't know something, I tell them. I would much rather have them see that I'm willing to admit that I don't know something than to have them discover through a wrong answer that I'm trying to put something past them.
When I've interviewed people, I've sometimes asked them questions I was nearly certain they wouldn't know the answer to in order to see how they would respond. That tells the interviewer something about the candidate and how they react under a stress situation as well.
I was applying for a Delphi position about 25 years ago and the interviewer asked several questions about C++. I answered him honestly that I didn't know. He later told me that he was specifically trying to see whether I'd try to BS my way through or not and also how I would react to the stress of seemingly being asked something for which I was not the least bit prepared.
I'm not suggesting that you should just say "I don't know." and leave it at that. I think your explanation about the features is the kind of elaboration mixed with forthrightness that would be the most helpful.
answered Apr 20 '16 at 20:45
Chris E
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+1 After conducting many interviews, I also ask at least one question which I'm sure the candidate doesn't know. If they don't reply somewhere with "I don't know", I would mark them down. When working in teams, straightforward honesty is incredibly important.
– adelphus
Apr 21 '16 at 13:49
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You should be open about you not knowing or not being sure about something.
And here is the main reason, in my opinion, for that:
If you say "I don't know" when you don't know, they will trust you
when you say "I know".
Now that might look stupid, but it is not! I like a lot working with people who are open about not knowing. Actually, I find it a quality: to be aware of your limitations and to be transparent about it.
In the other hand, I don't trust people who never say "I don't know". I know as a fact that nobody knows everything, so if someone never expresses doubt I will never be sure if they really know what they area talking about, as they never "don't know".
Besides this, as my own interview strategy I try to build a connection by being human: I make mistakes, I don't always know everything, but at least I am an honest person who will not lie about what I can do.
answered Apr 20 '16 at 21:43
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I once interviewed a man where his answer to every question I threw at him was "I don't know, I would have to check the help files".
I recommended that we hire him and we did.
I saw his resume, I knew he could do the job, but the work was for a newspaper. I deliberately asked him questions he could not possibly know because I wanted to know if I was dealing with someone who would try to hide his mistakes, or who was overconfident.
His honesty got him the job.
answered Apr 20 '16 at 21:04
Richard U
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You're lucky he accepted. If someone used that interview technique on me I'd think they were talking to the wrong candidate or had no idea about the position I was interested in.
– Laconic Droid
Apr 20 '16 at 22:01
Perhaps, but I had to have someone who wouldn't try to cover his own backside, and have his mistakes seen by millions the next day in the paper. This was for one of the biggest name newspapers in the country.
– Richard U
Apr 21 '16 at 12:21
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I always answer with the truth. That's my "prime directive" in an interview.
If the truth is that I don't know something, I tell them. I would much rather have them see that I'm willing to admit that I don't know something than to have them discover through a wrong answer that I'm trying to put something past them.
When I've interviewed people, I've sometimes asked them questions I was nearly certain they wouldn't know the answer to in order to see how they would respond. That tells the interviewer something about the candidate and how they react under a stress situation as well.
I was applying for a Delphi position about 25 years ago and the interviewer asked several questions about C++. I answered him honestly that I didn't know. He later told me that he was specifically trying to see whether I'd try to BS my way through or not and also how I would react to the stress of seemingly being asked something for which I was not the least bit prepared.
I'm not suggesting that you should just say "I don't know." and leave it at that. I think your explanation about the features is the kind of elaboration mixed with forthrightness that would be the most helpful.
answered Apr 20 '16 at 20:45
Chris E
40.4k22129166
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+1 After conducting many interviews, I also ask at least one question which I'm sure the candidate doesn't know. If they don't reply somewhere with "I don't know", I would mark them down. When working in teams, straightforward honesty is incredibly important.
– adelphus
Apr 21 '16 at 13:49
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I always answer with the truth. That's my "prime directive" in an interview.
If the truth is that I don't know something, I tell them. I would much rather have them see that I'm willing to admit that I don't know something than to have them discover through a wrong answer that I'm trying to put something past them.
When I've interviewed people, I've sometimes asked them questions I was nearly certain they wouldn't know the answer to in order to see how they would respond. That tells the interviewer something about the candidate and how they react under a stress situation as well.
I was applying for a Delphi position about 25 years ago and the interviewer asked several questions about C++. I answered him honestly that I didn't know. He later told me that he was specifically trying to see whether I'd try to BS my way through or not and also how I would react to the stress of seemingly being asked something for which I was not the least bit prepared.
I'm not suggesting that you should just say "I don't know." and leave it at that. I think your explanation about the features is the kind of elaboration mixed with forthrightness that would be the most helpful.
answered Apr 20 '16 at 20:45
Chris E
40.4k22129166
2
+1 After conducting many interviews, I also ask at least one question which I'm sure the candidate doesn't know. If they don't reply somewhere with "I don't know", I would mark them down. When working in teams, straightforward honesty is incredibly important.
– adelphus
Apr 21 '16 at 13:49
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up vote
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I always answer with the truth. That's my "prime directive" in an interview.
If the truth is that I don't know something, I tell them. I would much rather have them see that I'm willing to admit that I don't know something than to have them discover through a wrong answer that I'm trying to put something past them.
When I've interviewed people, I've sometimes asked them questions I was nearly certain they wouldn't know the answer to in order to see how they would respond. That tells the interviewer something about the candidate and how they react under a stress situation as well.
I was applying for a Delphi position about 25 years ago and the interviewer asked several questions about C++. I answered him honestly that I didn't know. He later told me that he was specifically trying to see whether I'd try to BS my way through or not and also how I would react to the stress of seemingly being asked something for which I was not the least bit prepared.
I'm not suggesting that you should just say "I don't know." and leave it at that. I think your explanation about the features is the kind of elaboration mixed with forthrightness that would be the most helpful.
answered Apr 20 '16 at 20:45
Chris E
40.4k22129166
I always answer with the truth. That's my "prime directive" in an interview.
If the truth is that I don't know something, I tell them. I would much rather have them see that I'm willing to admit that I don't know something than to have them discover through a wrong answer that I'm trying to put something past them.
When I've interviewed people, I've sometimes asked them questions I was nearly certain they wouldn't know the answer to in order to see how they would respond. That tells the interviewer something about the candidate and how they react under a stress situation as well.
I was applying for a Delphi position about 25 years ago and the interviewer asked several questions about C++. I answered him honestly that I didn't know. He later told me that he was specifically trying to see whether I'd try to BS my way through or not and also how I would react to the stress of seemingly being asked something for which I was not the least bit prepared.
I'm not suggesting that you should just say "I don't know." and leave it at that. I think your explanation about the features is the kind of elaboration mixed with forthrightness that would be the most helpful.
answered Apr 20 '16 at 20:45
Chris E
40.4k22129166
answered Apr 20 '16 at 20:45
Chris E
40.4k22129166
answered Apr 20 '16 at 20:45
Chris E
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answered Apr 20 '16 at 20:45
Chris E
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+1 After conducting many interviews, I also ask at least one question which I'm sure the candidate doesn't know. If they don't reply somewhere with "I don't know", I would mark them down. When working in teams, straightforward honesty is incredibly important.
– adelphus
Apr 21 '16 at 13:49
suggest improvements |Â
2
+1 After conducting many interviews, I also ask at least one question which I'm sure the candidate doesn't know. If they don't reply somewhere with "I don't know", I would mark them down. When working in teams, straightforward honesty is incredibly important.
– adelphus
Apr 21 '16 at 13:49
2
2
+1 After conducting many interviews, I also ask at least one question which I'm sure the candidate doesn't know. If they don't reply somewhere with "I don't know", I would mark them down. When working in teams, straightforward honesty is incredibly important.
– adelphus
Apr 21 '16 at 13:49
+1 After conducting many interviews, I also ask at least one question which I'm sure the candidate doesn't know. If they don't reply somewhere with "I don't know", I would mark them down. When working in teams, straightforward honesty is incredibly important.
– adelphus
Apr 21 '16 at 13:49
suggest improvements |Â
up vote
2
down vote
You should be open about you not knowing or not being sure about something.
And here is the main reason, in my opinion, for that:
If you say "I don't know" when you don't know, they will trust you
when you say "I know".
Now that might look stupid, but it is not! I like a lot working with people who are open about not knowing. Actually, I find it a quality: to be aware of your limitations and to be transparent about it.
In the other hand, I don't trust people who never say "I don't know". I know as a fact that nobody knows everything, so if someone never expresses doubt I will never be sure if they really know what they area talking about, as they never "don't know".
Besides this, as my own interview strategy I try to build a connection by being human: I make mistakes, I don't always know everything, but at least I am an honest person who will not lie about what I can do.
answered Apr 20 '16 at 21:43
Mr Me
1,558713
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You should be open about you not knowing or not being sure about something.
And here is the main reason, in my opinion, for that:
If you say "I don't know" when you don't know, they will trust you
when you say "I know".
Now that might look stupid, but it is not! I like a lot working with people who are open about not knowing. Actually, I find it a quality: to be aware of your limitations and to be transparent about it.
In the other hand, I don't trust people who never say "I don't know". I know as a fact that nobody knows everything, so if someone never expresses doubt I will never be sure if they really know what they area talking about, as they never "don't know".
Besides this, as my own interview strategy I try to build a connection by being human: I make mistakes, I don't always know everything, but at least I am an honest person who will not lie about what I can do.
answered Apr 20 '16 at 21:43
Mr Me
1,558713
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up vote
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You should be open about you not knowing or not being sure about something.
And here is the main reason, in my opinion, for that:
If you say "I don't know" when you don't know, they will trust you
when you say "I know".
Now that might look stupid, but it is not! I like a lot working with people who are open about not knowing. Actually, I find it a quality: to be aware of your limitations and to be transparent about it.
In the other hand, I don't trust people who never say "I don't know". I know as a fact that nobody knows everything, so if someone never expresses doubt I will never be sure if they really know what they area talking about, as they never "don't know".
Besides this, as my own interview strategy I try to build a connection by being human: I make mistakes, I don't always know everything, but at least I am an honest person who will not lie about what I can do.
answered Apr 20 '16 at 21:43
Mr Me
1,558713
You should be open about you not knowing or not being sure about something.
And here is the main reason, in my opinion, for that:
If you say "I don't know" when you don't know, they will trust you
when you say "I know".
Now that might look stupid, but it is not! I like a lot working with people who are open about not knowing. Actually, I find it a quality: to be aware of your limitations and to be transparent about it.
In the other hand, I don't trust people who never say "I don't know". I know as a fact that nobody knows everything, so if someone never expresses doubt I will never be sure if they really know what they area talking about, as they never "don't know".
Besides this, as my own interview strategy I try to build a connection by being human: I make mistakes, I don't always know everything, but at least I am an honest person who will not lie about what I can do.
answered Apr 20 '16 at 21:43
Mr Me
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answered Apr 20 '16 at 21:43
Mr Me
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I once interviewed a man where his answer to every question I threw at him was "I don't know, I would have to check the help files".
I recommended that we hire him and we did.
I saw his resume, I knew he could do the job, but the work was for a newspaper. I deliberately asked him questions he could not possibly know because I wanted to know if I was dealing with someone who would try to hide his mistakes, or who was overconfident.
His honesty got him the job.
answered Apr 20 '16 at 21:04
Richard U
77.2k56200307
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You're lucky he accepted. If someone used that interview technique on me I'd think they were talking to the wrong candidate or had no idea about the position I was interested in.
– Laconic Droid
Apr 20 '16 at 22:01
Perhaps, but I had to have someone who wouldn't try to cover his own backside, and have his mistakes seen by millions the next day in the paper. This was for one of the biggest name newspapers in the country.
– Richard U
Apr 21 '16 at 12:21
suggest improvements |Â
up vote
1
down vote
I once interviewed a man where his answer to every question I threw at him was "I don't know, I would have to check the help files".
I recommended that we hire him and we did.
I saw his resume, I knew he could do the job, but the work was for a newspaper. I deliberately asked him questions he could not possibly know because I wanted to know if I was dealing with someone who would try to hide his mistakes, or who was overconfident.
His honesty got him the job.
answered Apr 20 '16 at 21:04
Richard U
77.2k56200307
3
You're lucky he accepted. If someone used that interview technique on me I'd think they were talking to the wrong candidate or had no idea about the position I was interested in.
– Laconic Droid
Apr 20 '16 at 22:01
Perhaps, but I had to have someone who wouldn't try to cover his own backside, and have his mistakes seen by millions the next day in the paper. This was for one of the biggest name newspapers in the country.
– Richard U
Apr 21 '16 at 12:21
suggest improvements |Â
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
I once interviewed a man where his answer to every question I threw at him was "I don't know, I would have to check the help files".
I recommended that we hire him and we did.
I saw his resume, I knew he could do the job, but the work was for a newspaper. I deliberately asked him questions he could not possibly know because I wanted to know if I was dealing with someone who would try to hide his mistakes, or who was overconfident.
His honesty got him the job.
answered Apr 20 '16 at 21:04
Richard U
77.2k56200307
I once interviewed a man where his answer to every question I threw at him was "I don't know, I would have to check the help files".
I recommended that we hire him and we did.
I saw his resume, I knew he could do the job, but the work was for a newspaper. I deliberately asked him questions he could not possibly know because I wanted to know if I was dealing with someone who would try to hide his mistakes, or who was overconfident.
His honesty got him the job.
answered Apr 20 '16 at 21:04
Richard U
77.2k56200307
answered Apr 20 '16 at 21:04
Richard U
77.2k56200307
answered Apr 20 '16 at 21:04
Richard U
77.2k56200307
answered Apr 20 '16 at 21:04
Richard U
77.2k56200307
77.2k56200307
3
You're lucky he accepted. If someone used that interview technique on me I'd think they were talking to the wrong candidate or had no idea about the position I was interested in.
– Laconic Droid
Apr 20 '16 at 22:01
Perhaps, but I had to have someone who wouldn't try to cover his own backside, and have his mistakes seen by millions the next day in the paper. This was for one of the biggest name newspapers in the country.
– Richard U
Apr 21 '16 at 12:21
suggest improvements |Â
3
You're lucky he accepted. If someone used that interview technique on me I'd think they were talking to the wrong candidate or had no idea about the position I was interested in.
– Laconic Droid
Apr 20 '16 at 22:01
Perhaps, but I had to have someone who wouldn't try to cover his own backside, and have his mistakes seen by millions the next day in the paper. This was for one of the biggest name newspapers in the country.
– Richard U
Apr 21 '16 at 12:21
3
3
You're lucky he accepted. If someone used that interview technique on me I'd think they were talking to the wrong candidate or had no idea about the position I was interested in.
– Laconic Droid
Apr 20 '16 at 22:01
You're lucky he accepted. If someone used that interview technique on me I'd think they were talking to the wrong candidate or had no idea about the position I was interested in.
– Laconic Droid
Apr 20 '16 at 22:01
Perhaps, but I had to have someone who wouldn't try to cover his own backside, and have his mistakes seen by millions the next day in the paper. This was for one of the biggest name newspapers in the country.
– Richard U
Apr 21 '16 at 12:21
Perhaps, but I had to have someone who wouldn't try to cover his own backside, and have his mistakes seen by millions the next day in the paper. This was for one of the biggest name newspapers in the country.
– Richard U
Apr 21 '16 at 12:21
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Take a guess but mention that exact number slips your mind. People understand that we all have moments like that.
– Jacobr365
Apr 20 '16 at 19:54
I hope that some questions better than that.
– paparazzo
Apr 20 '16 at 20:00
4
You could say "The version with lambda expressions" but don't say the number if you forgot. Is it 8 or 1.8 or 1.8.0 update 1, or is it called "service pack 5"? These are questions whose answers are not easily memorised unless you often install Java.
– Brandin
Apr 20 '16 at 20:08
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This is a bizarrely specific interview question.
– Andrew Whatever
Apr 20 '16 at 20:36
"I don't know the version number, but unless I'm massively out-of-date (again!), it's the version that introduced lambda expressions and that offered massively improved annotations."
– David Hammen
Apr 20 '16 at 21:01