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It started a long time ago. See the 2004 book "How Would You Move Mount Fuji?: Microsoft's Cult of the Puzzle -- How the World's Smartest Companies Select the
by drjasonharrison 10y ago
It started a long time ago. See the 2004 book
"How Would You Move Mount Fuji?: Microsoft's Cult of the Puzzle -- How the World's Smartest Companies Select the Most Creative Thinkers" https://www.amazon.com/How-Would-Move-Mount-Fuji/dp/0316778494 https://www.amazon.com/How-Would-Move-Mount-Fuji/dp/03167784...
which discusses the use of these types of puzzles and the expectation that they are good interview questions.
- hocuspocus 10y agoIt's not new indeed, and there's been a shift from Microsoft's "How much would you charge to clean every window in Seattle?" type to Google's "Reverse a binary tree" kind of questions. I could be wrong but I believe the former wasn't as ubiquitous as whiteboard algorithmic questions have become.