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Re:How to interview engineers as a startup by tomblomfield on Monday September 23, 2013 @09:57AM (#6430887)
Yes - absolutely. We'll actually give a definition of whatever algorithm we're looking for, often with specs provided.

I don't really care if you remember the definition of merge sort or bubble sort, but you should be able to code it up in a few minutes given the definition.

Re:How to interview engineers as a startup by tstyle on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @05:07AM (#6436791)
For the homework assignment, do you give them a time limit(i.e 1 week) to turn in their work? : )
Re:How to interview engineers as a startup by shaydoc on Monday September 23, 2013 @10:01AM (#6430930)
:-), that's only fair!