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I'm not following, how does memorizing algorithms correlate with intelligence and skill in the engineering discipline of the job?
by vmasto 8y ago
I'm not following, how does memorizing algorithms correlate with intelligence and skill in the engineering discipline of the job?
- fucking_tragedy 8y agoThere's a correlation between the belief that memorizing algorithms correlates with intelligence and the application of algorithm questions in interviews.
- taurath 8y agoNot so much intelligence but applied diligence on top of intelligence is my sense. If you want what they’re offering and don’t want to jump through their hoops for it then they don’t want you. For those that ball at the hoop jumping as being beneath them, there’s probably additional characteristics that comes with that that they’re trying to filter out.
- toasterlovin 8y agoGiven that many job applicants apparently can't write a Fizz-Buzz implementation, I'd say that being able to implement an algorithm is probably a reasonable way to cull the herd by a hefty margin. https://blog.codinghorror.com/why-cant-programmers-program/ https://blog.codinghorror.com/why-cant-programmers-program/
- x3n0ph3n3 8y agoIt's made me angry how many people I've interviewed who can't manage Fizz Buzz with only 2 conditions or at all.
- rhizome 8y agoI'm kind of angry that I've never been asked to do it.
- devocracy 8y agoI'm curious to find out what people define as fizzbuzz, do you have a good example of something you've asked in the past?
- toasterlovin 8y agoPrint numbers from 1 to 100, except print Fizz for numbers evenly divisible by 3, print Buzz for numbers evenly divisible by 5, and print FizzBuzz for numbers divisible by both 3 and 5.