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anyone who relies on cheating never seems to do well during the harder major courses at my school (Texas). A lot of the professors have really rigorous cheating detections, and will make you explain every line of code in person if they suspect something. (At least in honor classes) Also, I don't know what these people expect when they have to do a technical interview?

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> Also, I don't know what these people expect when they have to do a technical interview?

They probably don't know they exist, they're fairly unique to our industry. They probably expect interviews to be just like everywhere else, all smiles and dressing well, with generic "when have you been challenged in life" questions.

A lot of them will get hired by big corporates that don't do code tests too, that's why even people with 10 years of experience have to do FizzBuzz.

Every form of engineering will have technical interviews.

I imagine a lot of them use their degree as a ticket to a non-technical job.

Technical interviews or tests? A lot of Devs can talk the talk and still not handle FizzBuzz. Engineers have official tests to get their licence.

As for those in college, it's entirely possible they don't realise the testing requirements either.

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