Why 37signals Doesn't Hire Programmers Based on Brainteasers

Re:Why 37signals Doesn't Hire Programmers Based on Brainteasers by derefr on Thursday January 05, 2012 @10:41PM (#3431842)

Or the even-less-computationally-intensive algorithm: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascals_triangle#Calculating_an...

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Re:Why 37signals Doesn't Hire Programmers Based on Brainteasers by lightcatcher on Friday January 06, 2012 @03:08AM (#3432503)

Thats what dspeyer did here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3431687 .

For an algorithms heavy job, I would hope a candidate would be able to derive this equation with a little guidance (ie, reminding them about n choose k and how to write that with factorials)

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Re:Why 37signals Doesn't Hire Programmers Based on Brainteasers by Bootvis on Friday January 06, 2012 @01:12AM (#3432223)

Very nice but expecting the candidate to know that much about Pascals triangle upfront seems a bit too much ;)

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