Hey, I agree. I even wrote up a lengthy diatribe once about this issue [0].<p>But the reality is that people hire by bullet points and no engineer involved in the hiring process is going to miss a chance to assert superiority by asking about something obscure, or some riddle, or some on-the-spot whiteboard hazing.<p>In well-known languages, you can at least study what the hazing will consist of and memorize parts of it. But with an obscure language like Haskell, you&#x27;re at the complete mercy of your interviewer. They largely can pick their own idea of &quot;beginner&quot; and hold you to it. I feel like it&#x27;s much harder to do that for Python, Java, C++, etc.<p>[0] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;suitdummy.blogspot.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;07&#x2F;the-unicorn-inequality.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;suitdummy.blogspot.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;07&#x2F;the-unicorn-inequality...</a>