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I never understand these types of questions, is that really important to job function? Maybe ask them to do it in octal too? Or just use a random number as the
by ejs 19y ago
I never understand these types of questions, is that really important to job function?
Maybe ask them to do it in octal too? Or just use a random number as the base, how about base 47? Will that weed out the slackers?
- huhtenberg 19y agoIt tests the level of basic CS education. So it is an important to a job function if one is hiring a computer programmer as opposed to a php hacker or similar.
- bkrausz 19y agoI find that interviewers are more interested in the method than the answer...if you just sit there and say "I was never taught this" you probably won't get the job. On the other hand, if you stand up, go to the whiteboard, and start writing things down, while talking them through your train of though ("Well I'm not positive how to do fractions in other bases, but this way makes sense to me" and then proceed to work out the problem as best as you can) then you show more motivation and enthusiasm.