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These useless riddles were intended to show problem solving. Even if you didn't know obscure trivia about piano tuning, New York, or buses, you could pass if yo
by ASalazarMX 4y ago
These useless riddles were intended to show problem solving. Even if you didn't know obscure trivia about piano tuning, New York, or buses, you could pass if you answered good enough.
And that's how the Windows Update team was selected /s
- raldi 4y agoYeah, it’s the same reasoning as, “How much disk space would we need to make a Gmail clone with 100 million users?”
- drivers99 4y agoSounds like what they are looking for is if one knows about Fermi estimation. Here's a (somewhat annoying) short video about it using an example, with a timestamp to skip the intro. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YzvupOX8Is&t=89s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YzvupOX8Is&t=89s
- ASalazarMX 4y agoPrecisely. I believe some departments would benefit from being proficient at this, but every developer? Most are not system architects. BTW, the "See also" section in Wikipedia is funny, it even includes the spherical cow concept: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_problem#See_also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_problem#See_also