Re:The software industry's greatest sin: hiring
by UncleMeat on Friday April 10, 2020 @11:03AM
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The goal isn’t to make sure you have memorized a graph algorithm. The goal is to identity people who can convert a scoped problem definition to code and to identify people who can convert a vague problem definition to a scoped one.
This can be beaten by brute force by memorizing a huge amount of material, but that isn’t the goal. It isn’t like the interviewers think you’ll need to implement their question in your day job.
This can be beaten by brute force by memorizing a huge amount of material, but that isn’t the goal. It isn’t like the interviewers think you’ll need to implement their question in your day job.