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I'm going to have to disagree with you. The "algorithm dance" only demonstrates that you can memorize an algorithm and how to use it to an academic degree. That

I'm going to have to disagree with you. The "algorithm dance" only demonstrates that you can memorize an algorithm and how to use it to an academic degree. That's it. I've never seen it differentiate between developers to any useful degree and found that it only helps those who are more "fresh" with the specific algorithm knowledge you happen to ask about. You're distilling what they're looking for into an ambiguous term of "curiosity" which isn't a good representation of what they're looking for. They're looking for someone who can expand their understanding beyond the scope of just development. This is something you can easily get into when interviewing someone.

naasking 11y ago
> The "algorithm dance" only demonstrates that you can memorize an algorithm and how to use it to an academic degree. That's it. I've never seen it differentiate between developers to any useful degree and found that it only helps those who are more "fresh" with the specific algorithm knowledge you happen to ask about. Indeed. When I've interviewed junior candidates, I gave them a function with some inputs and asked them to produce the outputs. At least this requires them to exhibits some degree of analytical reasoning on something you've never before seen. You'd be surprised how many candidates can't even do that.