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Hard to believe. Actually I am surprised companies even asks such a simple question anymore. When was that? I have done several LC easy and mediums, have done
by tomcat27 6y ago
Hard to believe. Actually I am surprised companies even asks such a simple question anymore. When was that?
I have done several LC easy and mediums, have done internships and published papers and didn't even make it to phone screen at every FAANG or other companies whose names carry some weight in future interview opportunities.
- dilyevsky 6y ago5-10 years ago. If you ask questions not from LC you have to make them easy or no one would make progress. My goal was to have at least something coded up so that candidate wouldn’t feel like they totally bombed, then I would calibrate my score based on quality of solution - basically secondary traits. Not everyone used this strategy =) > have done internships and published papers and didn't even make it to phone screen at every FAANG I recommend finding someone who works there through your network, conferences or open source projects and asking for a referral.
- abiogenesis 6y agoYou'd be surprised. That's basically why FizzBuzz test [1] usually works. [1] https://blog.codinghorror.com/why-cant-programmers-program/ https://blog.codinghorror.com/why-cant-programmers-program/
- koonsolo 6y agoThat is exactly my experience too as someone who does a lot of interviews. Basically our job is to weed out the candidates that haven't made it to "newbie programmer" yet, and probably never will.