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Re:Dark Motives and Elective Use of Brainteaser Interview Qu... by jacquesm on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @04:14PM (#17962930)
> We expect Google engineers to be able to solve problems.

Sounds more like he expects Google engineers to have perfect recall, rather than to be able to solve problems.

That's just a trivia question, nothing to do with problem solving.

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Re:Dark Motives and Elective Use of Brainteaser Interview Qu... by stevenwoo on Thursday September 13, 2018 @12:36AM (#17976062)
If I wanted to have a job that required perfect recall, I would have become a doctor. Maybe I should have if that is what this industry is going to require.
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