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Re:Neural programmer better than Quicksort by CamperBob2 on Friday July 10, 2020 @04:07PM (#23795815)
Me: "Show me a binary search in C on the whiteboard."

Candidate: bsearch(key, base, num, size, compare_fn);

Me: "Your offer should arrive within one to two weeks. Need any help with relocation expenses?"

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Re:Neural programmer better than Quicksort by nardi on Friday July 10, 2020 @04:21PM (#23795992)
100% this. Maybe not everyone knows the specific function you’re looking for, but for the ones that know standard library APIs really well, that’s your hire.
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