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The test isn't about whether you know the algorithm – quite the opposite. The test is about seeing how you approach a problem you haven't (possibly) solved befo
by Etheryte 10y ago
The test isn't about whether you know the algorithm – quite the opposite. The test is about seeing how you approach a problem you haven't (possibly) solved before.
- gigatexal 10y agoDitto.
- raj_m 10y agoThat's an interesting observation. So what you are saying is that if I make sufficient headway into the problem without providing the most efficient answer, it should be fine? There are rumors that unless you are spot on perfect in Big 4 interviews, they wont advance you.
- perfmode 10y agoIt depends on the aptitude for problem solving that the interviewer observes in the process. It's about understanding the computer science fundamentals in order to keep your code from burning up 1000's of cores due to asymptotically-poor characteristics.
- sdflkd 10y agoIt all depends on the interviewer. Anyone claiming different is selling you bullshit. The purpose of the interview and how they are actually used in practice is all on the interviewer.
- csnewb 10y agoI mean, aren't those algorithms developed by CS professors/researchers/Ph.D's/mathematicians? As a junior developer I seriously doubt I'd even approach the problem the same way as the super smart person who developed that algorithm.
- tptacek 10y agoThis is what everybody who employs a vanity interview question tells themselves. You can use this logic to justify any question, and the result is an entirely subjective interview process that occasionally and randomly admits candidates based on their knowledge of trivia.
- davidjnelson 10y agoWell put! "Vanity interview question" reminds me of "vanity business metrics" in not just name but also utility.
- desdiv 10y agoHow do you differentiate between: 1. Someone genuinely solving the question on the fly 2. Someone who memorized the answer, and is just pretending to solve it on the fly