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Re:What do the best interviewers have in common? by ignoramous on Thursday November 30, 2017 @08:22PM (#15821223)
The issue is not not being able to write binary-search; but, given a set of constraints, a very well defined set of steps, and ample enough time; is the candidate able to write it in code what's there in their head (a pretty straight forward algorithm).

I expect candidates to write in code what they can explain verbally, given that the code is do-able in the confines of an interview.

That said, I also get what you're trying to say: Capably implementing Binary Search may not be the best indicator of skill, since Software Engineering is so much more than just converting thought to code.

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Re:What do the best interviewers have in common? by eccbits on Thursday November 30, 2017 @11:37PM (#15821946)
Right. There are two ways you get to implementing binary search in an interview: (1) figuring it out from some basics & possibly hints or (2) reciting it from memory. 1 is useful, 2 is useless. Having used inteviewing.io, it facilitates #1 much more than #2, as a good process should. Interviewer ratings help that.
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