4 ms·
I don't know what the interviewers expect, but, generally, your "reward" for admitting you've seen the problem before is a harder question to answer. It seems
by pmiller2 6y ago
I don't know what the interviewers expect, but, generally, your "reward" for admitting you've seen the problem before is a harder question to answer. It seems more in the candidate's interest to pretend to work out the solution than to be honest.
- smabie 6y agoYeah, I've been asked a lot of leetcode questions and always pause for a couple minutes before the answer hits me in a "brilliant" stroke of insight. This con works really well.
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]
- bradlys 6y agoYou need to get advanced level tactics like one of my past coworkers. He told me he would purposefully go down the wrong path with a problem - to only later have "divine inspiration" just before the interviewer would interrupt him and try to give him a hint... He would raise his hand and exclaim, "But, maybe!" And then promptly explain and solve the problem. It was at this point that I realized I have no chance of getting into FAANG when I'm playing low-level tactics like just trying to just solve two medium problems in <40 minutes with the most optimal answer. :( (Or 1 hard problem in 30-35 minutes)
- wolco 6y agoIt would be more impressive if you solved it right away.
- smabie 6y agoNah it's too suspicious