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Re:Dark Motives and Elective Use of Brainteaser Interview Qu... by mgkimsal on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @05:34PM (#17963574)
> "What if you were a Google engineer, and you had to solve this problem, what would you do?"

Well... I might ask one of the other people on the team (or in the company) for some help. Because I'm probably going to ask one of them for a review (or someone else will review it anyway). No man is an island, etc.

What did Sergey and Larry do to solve these problems? They hired more people!

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Re:Dark Motives and Elective Use of Brainteaser Interview Qu... by raverbashing on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @04:33AM (#17966537)
They consulted existing literature, they asked in internet forums, etc

Expecting people to know and remember beyond the basics is simply ridiculous especially at the age of Google

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