I'm always as truthful as possible in a job interview - especially technical ones. My background is not in tech, however I'm an autodidact with programming and whenever technical questions are asked that I may not know, I'll say it. And then I'll say how I think it should/would be done, or the steps I'd take to figure out the answer and solve the problem. Not sugarcoating some of my technical inability has faired me well so far. And then after I hear the question, think about the steps to do it, and/or get coached by the interviewee - I know the answer, and am ready to use it in my technical/creative arsenal. I feel like it's a win-win to not bullshit about something I don't know.
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I'm always as truthful as possible in a job interview - especially technical ones. My background is not in tech, however I'm an autodidact with programming and whenever technical questions are asked that I may not know, I'll say it. And then I'll say how I think it should/would be done, or the steps I'd take to figure out the answer and solve the problem. Not sugarcoating some of my technical inability has faired me well so far. And then after I hear the question, think about the steps to do it, and/or get coached by the interviewee - I know the answer, and am ready to use it in my technical/creative arsenal. I feel like it's a win-win to not bullshit about something I don't know.