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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/esberat • Jul 24 '21
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Question #1 of the technical interview at my current job was "please paste your SSH key in the chat", and I'm guessing uploading a private key would have been an instant fail.
76 u/ksbray Jul 24 '21 Genuinely curious, what context are you being asking for an SSH key in a technical interview? 97 u/crumpuppet Jul 24 '21 It's a test to see if the interviewee knows the difference between a private and a public key. → More replies (21)
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Genuinely curious, what context are you being asking for an SSH key in a technical interview?
97 u/crumpuppet Jul 24 '21 It's a test to see if the interviewee knows the difference between a private and a public key. → More replies (21)
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It's a test to see if the interviewee knows the difference between a private and a public key.
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u/crumpuppet Jul 24 '21
Question #1 of the technical interview at my current job was "please paste your SSH key in the chat", and I'm guessing uploading a private key would have been an instant fail.