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For those with a some run time in this field: Is coding for interviews mostly distinct from coding in real life?
by TinyBig 14y ago
For those with a some run time in this field: Is coding for interviews mostly distinct from coding in real life?
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- Cowen 14y agoIt's the difference between solving a 100-piece jigsaw puzzle with the picture on the box, and solving a 100,000-piece jigsaw puzzle without the box.
- michaelt 14y agoA good interview question can be clearly defined in a few minutes, and it can be answered in a few minutes by someone with the general background shared by most programmers without reference to documentation. Regular coding requires that general background, but often involves larger (and less clearly defined) problems, more complex schemas, more lines of code, more working with other people, more supporting legacy code, and so on. To balance this greater complexity additional tools are available.