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Re:Dark Motives and Elective Use of Brainteaser Interview Qu... by stcredzero on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @12:48PM (#17970644)
The warm up question was difficult and I was completely embarrassed that I didn't some it right away. As I walked out I knew for certain that was not a warm up question and was pissed that he had consciously shaken my confidence right off the bat.

How do you know it wasn't just a badly written question? Interviewing is hard in the same way that teaching and writing is. It's hard to put yourself into another person's shoes. Never ascribe malice where incompetence is a sufficient explanation.

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Re:Dark Motives and Elective Use of Brainteaser Interview Qu... by reversecs on Saturday September 15, 2018 @11:56AM (#17994739)
You are right. It is possible. I did have to write a bit of code to get the work done correctly and he seemed satisfied with the progress, but I may have done it inefficiently and he was encouraging.
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