Why Linked Lists Are an Interview Staple

Re:Why Linked Lists Are an Interview Staple by Jach on Thursday June 06, 2019 @01:00AM (#20111724)

Interview enough people and you'll get people with Masters or PhDs in computer science failing what seem to be trivial problems. Like FizzBuzz trivial. You can find anecdotes on HN and other places...

My own personal worst experience is limited to a Masters in Physics who couldn't code at all, code-like experience was limited to some sort of software tool that some PMs might use to create acceptance tests. Though I think a lot of these cases are just indications of a bigger problem higher up, like HR or the hiring manager not adequately setting expectations of the job role, or just not doing basic screening.

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Re:Why Linked Lists Are an Interview Staple by prepend on Thursday June 06, 2019 @02:27AM (#20112083)

I once asked a person with an MSCS what a string was and they didn’t know. I think it might be a language barrier thing so I asked the difference between an array of characters and a string and again, no answer.

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