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i don't get the hate. yes, the bulk of your work might not be designing or implementing search structures. there may be better ways of predicting whether or not
by convolvatron 10y ago
i don't get the hate. yes, the bulk of your work might not be designing or implementing search structures. there may be better ways of predicting whether or not someone is going to have a positive contribution..but
if you don't have some basic understanding of costs and complexity, and have a vague notion about how things are implemented "under the hood", then you probably aren't really that useful.
- ordinaryperson 10y agoSure. The problem is, these questions don't test that, they only test your ability to memorize the answers software engineering interview questions. If they really cared about a "basic understanding of costs and complexity" they'd ask questions about the basics. These are highly specialized "gotcha" questions that do not correlate with actual job performance.