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Re:What to do if you get a question you've already seen in a... by mirekrusin on Saturday January 29, 2022 @02:06AM (#30124435)
People don't realize it can work the other way around as well - when candidate knows they won't solve it, they can say "I think I already seen this one.".
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Re:What to do if you get a question you've already seen in a... by joshuamorton on Saturday January 29, 2022 @02:13AM (#30124455)
This is very easy to validate with "cool, can you summarize the approach?"
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Re:What to do if you get a question you've already seen in a... by cirrus3 on Saturday January 29, 2022 @12:03PM (#30127967)
Wow, that would be extremely bold and risky.

It is easily countered with asking you to summarize it, or them saying they'd like to see your solution anyway.

Both of those seems so much worse than trying to solve it and fail.

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