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Re:Senior devs. Is anyone else insulted by coding exams? by sasquatch_9 on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @12:17PM (#30617168)
The vast majority of places are asking algorithmic questions not for you to reimplement known algorithms, asking candidates to regurgitate existing algorithms is widely known as bad practice.
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Re:Senior devs. Is anyone else insulted by coding exams? by BaseballPhysics on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @02:18PM (#30618800)
> The vast majority of places are asking algorithmic questions not for you to reimplement known algorithms

So your claim is every company is coming up with new algorithms that they use for their tests??

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Re:Senior devs. Is anyone else insulted by coding exams? by starlust2 on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @03:33PM (#30619593)
An algorithmic question is a coding problem that focuses on problem solving, and may include questions/constraints related to time & space optimization.

The test should never rely on rote learning (e.g. implement Dijkstra's algorithm from memory) or require a "magic" solution (e.g. Project Euler)

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