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Re:Whiteboard interviews are a test of obedience, not intell... by eindiran on Monday June 03, 2024 @06:09PM (#40568172)
At some point the test stopped being fizz buzz and started being "reproduce Brent's cycle detection algorithm from memory or from first principles if you have forgotten what it is", which isn't testing your ability to program in any meaningful way.
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Re:Whiteboard interviews are a test of obedience, not intell... by convolvatron on Monday June 03, 2024 @06:21PM (#40568300)
i used to ask cycles in a graph. we were building a database, used graphs alot.

if we cant talk about the problem together from first principles and make some progress, and you cant demonstrate that you're tracking the discussion at all then we cant work together on that database.

sure, for devops, who cares.

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