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Re:Google's “Director of Engineering” Hiring Test by meshko on Thursday October 13, 2016 @01:09PM (#12702310)
1) His level of knowledge is reasonable for someone who does networking programming full time

2) We are getting description from him. When I interviewed at Google, they asked me to prove that P is equal to NP, and I did, but they said that it took me longer than allotted 45 minutes and I didn't get an offer.

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Re:Google's “Director of Engineering” Hiring Test by dekhn on Thursday October 13, 2016 @01:35PM (#12702531)
P = NP if N = 1, or P is 0. That doesn't take 45 minutes.
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Re:Google's “Director of Engineering” Hiring Test by vmasto on Thursday October 13, 2016 @01:19PM (#12702404)
Oh hey what are you going to do with your million?
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Re:Google's “Director of Engineering” Hiring Test by gautamdivgi on Thursday October 13, 2016 @01:24PM (#12702434)
You proved P = NP??? In a little more than 45 mins or did you misunderstand the question?
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Re:Google's “Director of Engineering” Hiring Test by krapp on Thursday October 13, 2016 @01:29PM (#12702484)
If I were asked that question, my answer would be that obviously P != NP because the former doesn't have an N at the front.

The pain of being tossed out onto the pavement would totally be worth it.

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Re:Google's “Director of Engineering” Hiring Test by mcphage on Thursday October 13, 2016 @11:43PM (#12706001)
What if N = 1?
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Re:Google's “Director of Engineering” Hiring Test by nkassis on Thursday October 13, 2016 @04:02PM (#12703589)
might get you bonus points. It's a clever answer.
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Re:Google's “Director of Engineering” Hiring Test by krapp on Friday October 14, 2016 @03:40PM (#12710544)
If you think it's actually clever, you're overthinking it.
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Re:Google's “Director of Engineering” Hiring Test by mcphage on Thursday October 13, 2016 @01:27PM (#12702464)
His point was that, hearing only one side of the story, the OP could claim whatever they wanted.
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Re:Google's “Director of Engineering” Hiring Test by davesque on Thursday October 13, 2016 @09:23PM (#12705565)
Maybe they didn't hire you because your claim that you proved P=NP in 45 minutes is ridiculous.
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