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I remember getting one like that - Googler demanded some random value from a system .h file. Easy enough to grep if necessary, but _no_ it had to be from memory
by pinewurst 5y ago
I remember getting one like that - Googler demanded some random value from a system .h file. Easy enough to grep if necessary, but _no_ it had to be from memory to make one Googley.
- whatshisface 5y agoIf the meta-interview system has even a modicum of sanity in its design, that question will be discounted when none of the candidates get it.
- wyclif 5y agoGoogle interviewers must hate Einstein. He said, "Never memorize something that you can look up."
- Akronymus 5y agoIf you need to look up something enough times, it'll stick anyways. But still, don't go out of your way to memorize something.
- sumtechguy 5y agoThat one of my rules I always give to junior devs. Just read the docs again for what you are doing. You may perfectly 'know' them but sometimes there is an extra 'oh if you are doing this do this other thing too'. Or worse the call is similar to some other call but does something slightly weird. Does not come up often but has caught me out a few times. Never hurts to re-read it. You mostly can get away with it but sometimes... A more human anecdote for example I have movies I know I have seen dozens of times. Yet my recall of what happened in them is not as good as it used to be as the last time I watched them was a few years ago.