4 ms·
Yes, this is a bit annoying. First he relates a not entirely interesting story about his HR problem, then says he solved it by including an interesting puzzle.
by DugFin 15y ago
Yes, this is a bit annoying. First he relates a not entirely interesting story about his HR problem, then says he solved it by including an interesting puzzle. OK, cool story bro, NOW WHERE'S MY PUZZLE?!?!? I'm not looking for a job, or looking to hire, but like most Hacker News readers I like puzzles. Now I'm angry and have to find a puzzle somewhere else.
- yummyfajitas 15y agoMy previous blog post (submitted here yesterday) has two. http://www.chrisstucchio.com/blog/2012/leaving_academia.html http://www.chrisstucchio.com/blog/2012/leaving_academia.html But I'd suggest that except in special cases, posts with titles like mine are probably not worth reading if you are uninterested in hiring or finding a job.
- DugFin 15y agoWell, you never can tell. When someone says they've found a novel test for weeding out bad applicants, that sounds interesting. When the test is described with a handwave as an interesting puzzle that the best applicants leap at the chance of solving before reading the rest of the interview.... and then you don't even give us the puzzle, but rather launch back into the HR aspect... well, that just seems cruel. It's like reading a murder mystery where the detective details how he figured out who the murderer is, and then never tells anyone. From my authoritative position as a random anonymous internet jerk, I assert that if you allude to a puzzle, you ought to at least include it. I am apparently puzzle obsessed today. Slow day at work.
- ceol 15y agoI just bought that C++ book. Thanks!
- mchouza 15y agoThe puzzle can be found at http://meshcapital.com/application.tar.gz http://meshcapital.com/application.tar.gz
- yummyfajitas 15y agoNote that they left the puzzle on the server, but that is no longer the puzzle used for recruiting. Before I left I wrote a more difficult one. I have no idea if they are currently hiring, so please don't bother them with job applications unless you see a job ad.
- DanBC 15y agoHere's a math puzzle. (http://imgur.com/pwzgA http://imgur.com/pwzgA) ((First Row and Fifth Row are not well defined, but that's not particularly relevant to the problem.))