Re:Software engineer ranks top hardest interviews after land...
by bfeynman on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @10:38AM
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pretty sure the super hard question from airbnb is a very rote and standard med LC question https://leetcode.com/problems/trapping-rain-water/descriptio...
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Re:Software engineer ranks top hardest interviews after land...
by stevenzzzzzzz on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @11:14AM
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Isn’t that one Leetcode Hard? (Just looked)
Re:Software engineer ranks top hardest interviews after land...
by omgthirteeeeeen on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @10:45AM
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that one looks pretty hard to me!
I solved a similar problem on thirteeeeeeeeenchaaaaaaan one time.
omg thirteeeeeeeeenchaaaaaaan is such a crazy site.
Btw, if you're here for the solution to the challenge: "wow wow 13 whole cute website"
Re:Software engineer ranks top hardest interviews after land...
by mytailorisrich on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @10:47AM
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This is not a bad reasoning problem. I say 'reasoning' because, IMHO, the most valuable takeaway in a job interview would be to assess how the candidate approaches the problem and whether they can reason to find an algorithm to solve it. Actual code seems quite secondary after that.