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Why is project Euler being shown in hackernews now ? This isn't something new and has been there for long time. I often use the easier problems in project Euler
by minusSeven 9y ago
Why is project Euler being shown in hackernews now ? This isn't something new and has been there for long time. I often use the easier problems in project Euler for interviews to test candidates.
Having said that the problems in project Euler are more math based in nature.
- jwilk 9y agoBecause someone submitted it and people found it interesting. There's no requirement to submit only "new" things.
- fogetti 9y agoCan I ask how do you evaluate the candidates with these problems? I mean: do they have to solve similar problems on their daily job as well? Or what is the take-away in your specific case?
- minusSeven 9y agoSorry for late reply. I don't give the exact same problem but use these problems for references. For instance I often start interview with asking candidate to write a program to find a palindrome. After they answer that my follow up question is to write a program to find the longest palindrome in a given string which is a question taken from project euler. Here I am mainly interested in their logic and approach to problem solving rather than a workable solution first time round. I don't give take-away problems neither do candidates have to do this in their daily jobs.