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		billconan on Jan 16, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Can (a ==1 && a== 2 && a==3) ever evaluate to true... If you provide candidates a live debugger, I'd say this tests debugging skills (which I think is important to test.) I'm not sure what this tests if it was on a white board.

lucideer on Jan 16, 2018 [–]

You're right, and this wouldn't test debugging skills to that extent. But even with a live debugger you need an appropriate problem.

In terms of whiteboard/paper questions, the fact this touches on the mindset/approach to debugging makes it far better than a lot of other whiteboard/paper questions I've seen.

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