Re:I cheated on my Microsoft interview (2019)
by giantg2 on Sunday June 05, 2022 @10:41AM
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This seems like a stupid answer for it to be n-1, but it also seems like a stupid question. What's the answer?
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Re:I cheated on my Microsoft interview (2019)
by LanceH on Sunday June 05, 2022 @02:30PM
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It's n-1. I should have put the number of chairs in the question. I wasn't really trying to quiz everyone here, just identify which mind bender it was.
The "twist" on the answer is that you start below all the other chairs and finish above all the other chairs, so you must have passed them all along the way. I saw this immediately and answered "99" or whatever it was. In retrospect, I think they couldn't conceive of anyone figuring it out on the fly.