Re:Guido van Rossum joins Microsoft
by closeparen on Thursday November 12, 2020 @02:58PM
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That's enough for passing familiarity with what the algorithms are / pointers to reference material when appropriate. Not nearly enough to perform on command from memory in 20-40 minutes.
Re:Guido van Rossum joins Microsoft
by 908B64B197 on Thursday November 12, 2020 @05:42PM
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I mean,
If someone knows he's interviewing at a place where there will be a coding interview, he would be crazy not to take a look at his algorithm textbook.
And maybe if the course only only gave the candidate a passing familiarity it wasn't thorough enough?
Re:Guido van Rossum joins Microsoft
by closeparen on Thursday November 12, 2020 @05:59PM
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At the end of Princeton's Algorithms I-II on Coursera you've done fewer than 20 implementations, and those were open-book assignments with week-long deadlines.
A reasonable interview prep cycle would be closer to 200 practice problems, under time pressure.
>he would be crazy not to take a look at his algorithm textbook.
Why? what's wrong with going "purely" into interview?
Re:Guido van Rossum joins Microsoft
by bassman9000 on Thursday November 12, 2020 @03:21PM
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an algorithm and data structures class that's part of a serious Engineering/CS curriculum
Good luck remembering the kind of details a typical interview asks for 10 years into the business.
Or you know... an algorithm and data structures class that's part of a serious Engineering/CS curriculum.