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I understand that. But one can have good problem solving skills by using tools (like books, search engines, etc.) right? I find it unrealistic to test for probl
by dakiol 1y ago
I understand that. But one can have good problem solving skills by using tools (like books, search engines, etc.) right? I find it unrealistic to test for problem solving skills using "just" one's brain.
One's brain (my brain actually) is quite slow, doesn't have memorized tons of things (it has only pointers to actual sources of knowledge, like books/manuals/open source projects/etc.), so yeah, I'm a bit like a tortoise if you leave me alone with my brain only. But I can be Achilles if you let me use books and a search engine, if you let me read manuals, etc. I understand as well that all of this is not feasiable in just 1h of interview, so yeah, that's life.
- uberman 1y agoI don't really care too much what tools one integrates into their repertoire and I personally think being "good at good" is a valid problem solving skill. By extension, being "good at llm) seems like a valid skill as well. What I would say is the velocity matters though, so not being confident unless reading a book sounds like an impediment but that could be my own bias. For what it is worth, I could care less if someone can write code to balance a tree in their head. That extends to a large number of competitive coding questions. I would rather someone use a reference than confidently introduce an off by one bug.