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Re:Google: 90% of our engineers use the software you wrote (... by snom337 on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @05:27PM (#9695579)
Which is fine and dandy until you get that one person that cheats by getting help from someone else.
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Re:Google: 90% of our engineers use the software you wrote (... by gt565k on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @05:34PM (#9695636)
That is why you discuss the implementation in-person and ask questions about the design decisions...
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Re:Google: 90% of our engineers use the software you wrote (... by ruswick on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @05:59PM (#9695850)
As if people who interview for Google don't just look up the most common interview questions and memorize answers before the interview...
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Re:Google: 90% of our engineers use the software you wrote (... by snom337 on Thursday June 11, 2015 @10:11AM (#9699789)
Still I think that would become obvious pretty quickly. I've actually had people start writing out a textbook algorithm that just solved the wrong problem. And then completely stumbled when trying to explain how the program would arrive at the intended result.

I usually ask questions until the person is out of his comfort zone, and if he is completely clueless on how to proceed at that point it's a red flag.

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