Do interviewers care about code formatting?
Yes. Messy code, poor indentation, and bad variable names signal to an interviewer that you might write unmaintainable code in a production environment.
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A magic number is a hard-coded numerical value in code without explanation. It should be replaced with a named constant to provide context.
No. Good code should be self-documenting through clear variable and function names. Use comments only to explain *why* you did something complex, not *what* the code is doing.
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