>>>Whoah there Sergey, this is a memory test not a test of resourcefulness. < GD&R >
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>>I find it pointless to remember something that you can easily look up. :)
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>I once failed a tech interview because (in part) I couldn't remember the exact codes to set foreground and background colors in dBase III. I said, it's in the manual under .... etc.
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>There was probably a lot more to not getting the job, but that's the part I remember.
I went to an interview with a foxpro test on a laptop. Intellisense and help where disabled. it just felt so stupid. If I was working and those things wheren't available for some reason thats the first thing I'd sort out.