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I agree. For any interview problem, my approach is to just write something that works. If you can't, talking it out loud helps whoever's interviewing know wheth

• kstrauser 11y ago
  > If you can't, talking it out loud helps whoever's interviewing know whether you're genuinely stuck or just fumbling with the keyboard Absolutely! I'm also explicit about why I'm solving problems the way I am, like "this is going to be my brute force solution, and probably won't be pretty or efficient". This is effective against the occasional interview who does like to trip you up with followups like "wow, I was hoping for a more sophisticated answer" (yeah, you know who you are). I can respond with "as I said, this is a rough draft."