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Exactly. That's the name of the game today: You need to spend a week refreshing your algorithms and data structures and you can certainly "crack" those intervie
by ironjunkie 9y ago
Exactly. That's the name of the game today: You need to spend a week refreshing your algorithms and data structures and you can certainly "crack" those interviews.
I never got the point of it, but I see it as a ritual...
- xamuel 9y agoThe grass is always greener. I switched to software dev from academia. There, instead of whiteboard tests, it was all about networking, letters of recommendation, having the right advisor, etc. I'll take the whiteboard any day!
- ironjunkie 9y agoGood point. Someone was making an argument the other day that a whiteboard algorithm interview is still relevant as it proves that you are able to sit down and learn your algorithms again. (Basically it proves that you are able to learn when needed).