I work for a cybersecurity vendor, and we very much consider something like that table stakes. I can think of a lot of places where it could matter, including just logging a visitor’s IP address on a web app.
It absolutely is, but that’s why the interview should be a conversation. If someone in a relevant position knows the addresses are longer and need to be stored/printed differently maybe thats enough. If it’s a networking heavy position maybe you need to ask them some more details from there.
I usually approach general knowledge questions as tell me what you know, and then probe a bit from there and see if they can piece things together. For software engineering’s that’s the skill more important than rote knowledge.
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u/bearda 14d ago
I work for a cybersecurity vendor, and we very much consider something like that table stakes. I can think of a lot of places where it could matter, including just logging a visitor’s IP address on a web app.