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Re:Interview like an asset, not a beggar by maest on Saturday November 21, 2020 @05:12PM (#25173133)
We might be arguing besides each other. The puzzles I'm arguing for are e.g. simplified toy versions of problems solved in the existing code base. That solves a real-world problem, so it fits your requirement.
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Re:Interview like an asset, not a beggar by StavrosK on Saturday November 21, 2020 @05:18PM (#25173167)
That's not a puzzle, it's an exercise. A puzzle is what the OP describes:

> Testing whether I can find the longest palindrome subsequence of a string optimally via a tabular or memoized dynamic programming solution in 20

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