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A comment on Ask HN: Do senior engineers have a mental model before coding?.

Re:Ask HN: Do senior engineers have a mental model before co... by southphillyman on Friday August 30, 2019 @04:35PM (#20842444)
Maybe I misunderstand what you're talking about, but wouldn't this manifest when you ask questions and talk about your approach?

Comunication while coding seems to be a big deal during interviews now so if you just started coded after hearing the problem I could see that being a negative.

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Re:Ask HN: Do senior engineers have a mental model before co... by unhired on Friday August 30, 2019 @04:46PM (#20842546)
It wasn’t a LeetCode problem. I had to implement an API where each call would change the state of the application on certain conditions. I heard the problem and clarified it on the whiteboard. I coded each function while talking and ask for clarifications.
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Re:Ask HN: Do senior engineers have a mental model before co... by ju-st on Friday August 30, 2019 @05:15PM (#20842782)
The problem sounds like they wanted you to implement a state machine, and to draw a state diagram before that.
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