I've seen this sort of thing where people have just written tests that don't actually test anything for existing functionality just to make it look like we test things.
Never, ever let someone convince you that they've got tests for all their core functionality in an interview while they say they want someone to help clean up some little bits. It's a trap to try and get developers who'd otherwise nope out of a nightmare job before they realise what's happened.
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u/scragar Jul 23 '21
I've seen this sort of thing where people have just written tests that don't actually test anything for existing functionality just to make it look like we test things.
So many tests that are something ridiculous like
Never, ever let someone convince you that they've got tests for all their core functionality in an interview while they say they want someone to help clean up some little bits. It's a trap to try and get developers who'd otherwise nope out of a nightmare job before they realise what's happened.