Hiring Is Broken – My interview experience in the tech industry

Re:Hiring Is Broken – My interview experience in the tech in... by nouney on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @09:25AM (#11580168)

"How many people can actually write BFS on the spot, without preparing for it in advance?" A lot of people. You should too, even if you're just a front-end.

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Re:Hiring Is Broken – My interview experience in the tech in... by kkapelon on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @11:06AM (#11581031)

What about the maze solving question?

Should all front-end developers be able to create a maze solving algorithm on the spot, during an interview, under time pressure?

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Re:Hiring Is Broken – My interview experience in the tech in... by tyingq on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @11:37AM (#11581352)

I would at least offer something back, like a loop that randomly chooses left/right, restarts loop if dead end, exit loop if solved. Then verbally walk through how you might improve on it incrementally.

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Re:Hiring Is Broken – My interview experience in the tech in... by brohee on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @01:31PM (#11582540)

Well, you can always use BFS...

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