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Yes, the author is snarky and makes a mountain out of a mole-hill. On the other hand, the basic point is valid -- interviewers often don't choose suitably speci
by harpastum 17y ago
Yes, the author is snarky and makes a mountain out of a mole-hill. On the other hand, the basic point is valid -- interviewers often don't choose suitably specific questions for on-the-fly implementations.
That's what I got from the article. Can you be a little more specific on why you think that it's not worth reading?
- smokey_the_bear 17y agoWhen I was doing a lot of interviews I often wanted to give a simple problem that the person could code in 20 lines or so, and hopefully had another level that could be discussed after they'd shown some code. I found it surprisingly hard to come up with questions that could be explained quickly, especially across cultural boundaries. Things like ransom notes and anagrams would really just confound people to the point that they couldn't think about the underlying problem.
- ig1 17y agoTry fizzbuzz: http://www.google.com/search?q=fizzbuzz http://www.google.com/search?q=fizzbuzz
- pmorici 17y agoWell, for one, if someone doesn't specify something you should have enough initiative to make an informed decision on your own instead of, as this author is suggesting, acting like a conceded ass. Two the "valid point" could be summed up in a sentence not two pages of text. Hence I felt is was a waste of time to read as there wasn't anything that was particularly insightful and the writing wasn't particularly good.