Re:Ex-Google hiring committee member about job interviewing
by ww520 on Friday August 31, 2012 @10:18PM
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Long term memory might not be limited but short term working memory is certainly limited. The short term working memory is important in solving problems in general.
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Re:Ex-Google hiring committee member about job interviewing
by hackinthebochs on Friday August 31, 2012 @10:49PM
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This is actually an argument for committing those "arcane facts" to memory. The more of a concept you have internalized, the fewer slots it takes up in working memory when solving a problem, thus increasing your problem solving capacity.