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How can asymmetric encryption be used to establish identity? [closed]

I was just wondering if someone could help me out. I was just looking through past paper exams to prepare me for the next exam. This question came up. Could someone please explain this to me? Much ...
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Effectiveness of FizzBuzz and Beyond

As part of the interview process we initially ask the candidates to do 'FizzBuzz' nowadays the percentage of candidates that can correctly answer FizzBuzz has increased dramatically - this may be due ...
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Questions to ask a 3rd party API provider [closed]

I'm due to meet with a developer/sales person from a new 3rd party resource we're about to start using. The main topic I'll be interested in, is their API as I will be the developer making use of it ...
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Amazon Interview Question — Design a load balancer to keep track of hostnames

Imagine you have a distributed system where requests go through a load balancer which is effectively a switch. Machines are connected to the load balancer and requests are passed on to them with some ...
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Etiquette when asking questions in an IRC channel

Many larger OSS projects maintain IRC channels to discuss their usage or development. When I get stuck on using a project, having tried and failed to find information on the web, one of the ways I try ...
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Should i expect real world questions from interviewing agency ? [closed]

I started coding almost a year ago. By "coding" I mean HTML(5), CSS(3), and only few times I implemented some AJAX and JavaScript. I am interviewing for a position that expects me to know HTML, CSS, ...
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Why are you choosing XYZ? - Is this valid question in interview? [closed]

I am tired of the question from interviewers - Why have you selected 'XYZ' (the interviewer's organization). In today's IT world, does anybody go looking for a COMPANY. I mean what the interviewers ...
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For email interviews, is it bad to research some answers? [closed]

So I got an email "interview" with questions to be answered. I'm not too sure only about one of them, so I wanted to google the answer. Of course in a real interview I can't do this, so should I say ...
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How would you like to be coached?

My boss is going through a certification process reggarding "Coaching", and he asked me if he could coach me. According to what I understood from him, I should have an objective on what should I be ...
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As a student, how to answer a random question: “Is 'something' about the topic unclear to you?”

While attempting to make a list programming subjects/topics that were unclear to me, I was unable to come up with anything. I know I can't be clear on everything. What steps can I take to get an ...