Software Engineer Detained At JFK, Given Test To Prove He's An Engineer

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> Celestine Omin, a software engineer at Andela -- a tech startup that
> connects developers in Africa with U.S employers -- had a particularly
> unwelcoming reception when he deplaned at John F. Kennedy Airport and
> was given a test to prove he was actually a software engineer.
>
> A LinkedIn post detailing Omin's challenging experience explained that
> upon landing in New York after spending 24 miserable hours on a Qatar
> Airways flight, he was given some trouble about the short-term visa he
> obtained for his trip. According to the post, an unprepared and
> exhausted Omin waited in the airport for approximately 20 minutes
> before being questioned by a Customs and Border Protection officer
> about his occupation.
>
> After several questions were asked, he was reportedly brought to a
> small room and told to sit down, where he was left for another hour
> before another customs officer entered and resumed grilling him. Omin
> was instructed to answer the following questions: "Write a function to
> check if a Binary Search Tree is balanced," and "What is an abstract
> class, and why do you need it."
>
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