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The problem I see in a lot of cases is putting too much emphasis on solving the problem in the interview, instead of working through it. Many interviewers claim
by nerdponx 2y ago
The problem I see in a lot of cases is putting too much emphasis on solving the problem in the interview, instead of working through it. Many interviewers claim that they care more about the latter, but in practice failing at the former ends up disqualifying you.
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- akudha 2y agoinstead of working through it Loonnnng time ago (25+ years) I remember appearing for an entrance exam of a very famous, hard statistical course. It was a 3 hour exam, with only 7 or 8 questions. The exam explicitly stated that they do not care much for the actual answer, but the path taken to get to the answer (all questions were math problems). As a kid this sounded weird to me, but now it makes sense. Someone with good problem solving instincts will get to the right solution (even if it takes a couple of attempts to get there) vs someone who got lucky the first time (or brute forced their way)