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Kind of reminds me of an interview question that a friend of mine suggested for when I conduct interviews: Pick your favorite/strongest language. How would you rate yourself, where 0 is "complete newbie" and 10 is "I invented the language"?

My friend, an EXTREMELY competent C++ programmer, rates himself 4/10 because he knows what he doesn't know.

I've interviewed people who rated themselves 9 or 10/10 but couldn't remember how their chosen language did iteration.




Sounds like a bad question then, no?




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