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A comment on An Algorithm for Passing Programming Interviews (2020). Parent comment

Re:An Algorithm for Passing Programming Interviews (2020) by Lamad123 on Sunday January 02, 2022 @11:14PM (#29777264)
What if you happen to be an unlucky genius like J. von Neumann or something?
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Re:An Algorithm for Passing Programming Interviews (2020) by kadoban on Sunday January 02, 2022 @11:32PM (#29777355)
You still should need to ask clarifying questions, because the specification of many problems is intentionally incomplete.

Beyond that though, you can just be honest and say you know a problem and they can either pick another or just talk about it anyway.

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