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I was skeptical reading these questions, because when I did phone screen at Google, I got very practical questions about map reduce and skip lists. I do know th
by derwiki 17y ago
I was skeptical reading these questions, because when I did phone screen at Google, I got very practical questions about map reduce and skip lists. I do know that many companies still use riddles like these, however.
- emily37 17y agoWhat companies? In internship interviews at MS, Google, Fog Creek, others, I've never been asked a question anything like these. (thank god)
- derwiki 17y agoI was asked a "crossing a river with a box and two locks" question when I interviewed for a full time database development position (database engine, that is). The question was related to public key encryption... which was something the position never even came close to requiring.
- barrkel 17y agoAnd creating your own encryption protocols from encryption primitives is easy to get wrong, even after you figure out something that seems to follow the rules, because of all sorts of gotchas.