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Re:The Engineer Crunch by chrisbennet on Tuesday February 18, 2014 @09:27PM (#7261472)
Googled used to do the puzzle thing and gather copious metrics on how it worked out- it turned out that it didn't.

http://qz.com/96206/google-admits-those-infamous-brainteaser...

Re:The Engineer Crunch by lstamour on Tuesday February 18, 2014 @10:07PM (#7261561)
Note the word programming. If a brainteaser puzzle has nothing to do with the job you'll be performing then of course it won't indicate real-world performance as well as one that's related to the opening at hand.