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Part of an interview should test communication skills as well. In the real job's performance you'll get ill-defined specs; it's sometimes more important to kno
by vladd 14y ago
Part of an interview should test communication skills as well.
In the real job's performance you'll get ill-defined specs; it's sometimes more important to know to ask the right questions rather than solve perfectly the wrong problems.
Interviewers are humans, sometimes tired, and an ill-defined question is likely to appear sooner or later. Asking the interviewer if he meant worst-case has the potential to bring lots of bonus points for you; at least it would in my book.
- ww520 14y agoAgain you expect the interviewee to read your mind that he should ask a particular question. The puzzle is set up with certain conditions and boundary to see how the interviewee performs with those constraints. If one of the terms of the puzzle can be changed, then other terms can be changed, too. I would just replace the egg with a steel ball and be done with it, like just in real life you can just push the boundary and replace the meaning of the question completely.