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That's the risk with interview questions, that the candidate suggests a better solution that the interviewer anticipated. Leaving the interviewer with the task
by jiggy2011 12y ago
That's the risk with interview questions, that the candidate suggests a better solution that the interviewer anticipated. Leaving the interviewer with the task of ascertaining whether the solution is correct.
- foobarian 12y agoI love to be surprised like that in interviews, let me tell you. Makes my decision much easier.
- noir_lord 12y ago> Makes my decision much easier. You didn't say which way, I've worked with and for people who wouldn't hire someone smarter than them, the human psyche is a dark place.
- gedrap 12y agoThat's true. On other hand, it's just for the interviewees own good - you don't want to work with people like that ;) except from megacorps with hundreds and thousands of devs
- taeric 12y agoThis story is borderline baffling, though. If you flat out named the algorithm and it contains a famous name like Knuth, that should be good enough to go. That you may not have all of the points of it memorized is irrelevant. Now, if you name a very obscurely named algorithm, that is one thing. But seriously, Knuth!? Is anyone involved with optimizations and serious algorithm design not aware of that name?