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Again, the interviewer doesn't distinguish between "systems programmer" and "applications programmer". His questions are ALL for systems programmers.

Its like testing bias. No surprise that white upper-middle-class males clog our colleges, if the test is written by one.

Can you elaborate on the difference between a system and an application programmer?

E.g.

Systems programmer deals with deep structures, narrow APIs and lots of persistent state.

Applications programmers deal with wide APIs and state machines.