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In practice for this particular question they're asking if you've memorized sort algorithms. I have not (or I've forgotten since) and I doubt even the brightest
by flukus 4y ago
In practice for this particular question they're asking if you've memorized sort algorithms. I have not (or I've forgotten since) and I doubt even the brightest minds of the industry that did invent them did so within an hour long job interview.
- hansvm 4y agoWas that (implement sort) the main point of the question? Especially given the 15 minute time window this sounds more like some kind of fizzbuzz-style question (here's a basic idea, can you translate it to code somehow in some language?). Usually when interviewers give me that kind of thing they're literally fine with bubble-sort (which I'd hope anyone could code on the fly), or even just assuming some appropriately shaped sort function exists and writing the rest of the code around it.
- ummonk 4y agoNo that's not what the question is asking. You should be using the standard library sort function (or making one up if you can't remember the specific API).