Comment by jckahn
1 day ago
> So many web devs fail on the simple interview question "what happens when user enters a url and presses enter?"
Is the answer you're looking for along the lines of "the browser makes a GET request to the specified URL," or something lower-level than that?
I think it's one of those intentionally vague questions that helps in probing the knowledge depth. Interviewees are typically free to describe the process with as much detail as they can.
I would be looking for a fractal answer and judge on the depth