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Re:Whiteboard interviews are a test of obedience, not intell... by titanomachy on Tuesday June 04, 2024 @09:02AM (#40574142)
When I got this in an interview they definitely wanted better than brute force.
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Re:Whiteboard interviews are a test of obedience, not intell... by whimsicalism on Tuesday June 04, 2024 @11:40AM (#40575738)
really? it says it’s a backtracking solution. i imagine you could speed it up a bit by memoizing, but it would still be pretty brute force
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