> 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?

▲

ivanjermakov 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

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.

	▲	jckahn 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Sure, but what does that tell you about the candidate's ability to do the actual job? It just sounds like a meaningless trivia test.

▲

GeoAtreides 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I would be looking for a fractal answer and judge on the depth