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There are lots of un-googleable problems out there. These questions are meant to identify the people that will probably fail to solve any non-trivial programmin

There are lots of un-googleable problems out there. These questions are meant to identify the people that will probably fail to solve any non-trivial programming challenge (and maybe even some of the trivial ones). I'm not really opinionated about whether or not you should do algorithmic stuff in the interview, but I don't agree with your reasoning here. I see chatter about how most problems can be solved with google and your CS teacher lied to you (usually on reddit, less so on HN). My experiences have not matched this. I'd estimate that a good 40-80% of my problems don't have a solution on google. It's pretty rarely an algorithmic problem though. If you're playing that game, are there reasons that you'd ever be copy pasting sorting algorithms from the internet? Why bubble? Don't most programming languages have libraries available to help (especially python)? I work in an area with very little sorting, but I can't imagine myself doing that in a higher level language, or even in C.

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My experience with problems that can't be solved with a Google search is limited. I tend to use existing technologies and I stick with an architecture that has been around for long enough to have proper support online. Still, sometimes I run into limitations with regard to TypeScript, for example. If that happens I'll go over the problem with more experienced developers. It'll be a pair-programming thing for several reasons: two pairs of eyes and two brains see and think more than 1, and you both learn something new, and you both have a little more brainpower available because you want to look good. At least I do my best a little more ;) > If you're playing that game, are there reasons that you'd ever be copy pasting sorting algorithms from the internet? Why bubble? Don't most programming languages have libraries available to help (especially python)? I work in an area with very little sorting, but I can't imagine myself doing that in a higher level language, or even in C. It's a silly example, I don't care what algorithm we're talking about. And no, many languages lack any sort of built-in sorting solutions. JavaScript (front-end and Node.js), for example, requires external libraries for performant solutions.

734129837261 5y ago

My experience with problems that can't be solved with a Google search is limited. I tend to use existing technologies and I stick with an architecture that has been around for long enough to have proper support online. Still, sometimes I run into limitations with regard to TypeScript, for example. If that happens I'll go over the problem with more experienced developers. It'll be a pair-programming thing for several reasons: two pairs of eyes and two brains see and think more than 1, and you both learn something new, and you both have a little more brainpower available because you want to look good. At least I do my best a little more ;) > If you're playing that game, are there reasons that you'd ever be copy pasting sorting algorithms from the internet? Why bubble? Don't most programming languages have libraries available to help (especially python)? I work in an area with very little sorting, but I can't imagine myself doing that in a higher level language, or even in C. It's a silly example, I don't care what algorithm we're talking about. And no, many languages lack any sort of built-in sorting solutions. JavaScript (front-end and Node.js), for example, requires external libraries for performant solutions.