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Re:Why a linked list always come between me and a great job offer on Thursday October 09, 2014 @02:17AM (#8431060)
other interview was finished 15 minutes early with 2 problem solved.
Re:Why a linked list always come between me and a great job offer on Wednesday October 08, 2014 @01:44PM (#8428268)
:) your experience was worse than me :)
Re:Why a linked list always come between me and a great job offer on Wednesday October 08, 2014 @01:42PM (#8428256)
You can reference check or see code in github. If nothing is reliable then just invite candidate and play Russian roulette :)
Re:Why a linked list always come between me and a great job offer on Wednesday October 08, 2014 @01:41PM (#8428242)
I can reverse a linked list even in my dreams. But I was not able to finish the coding under the pressure and time constraint. I explain all the pointer manipulation etc and interviewer was satisfied (unless he was lying :) ).
Re:Why a linked list always come between me and a great job offer on Wednesday October 08, 2014 @01:37PM (#8428221)
My personal view is cracking the coding interview is not a good quality book. I would prefer to read jon bentely book instead. or formally eva tardos or cormen algorithm book.

These companies has made computer science students simply dev ops who never use algorithm (except during interviews). So many computer science students don't go beyond cracking the coding interview. This is really sad.

Why a linked list always come between me and a great job offer

Posted by helpless on Wednesday October 08, 2014 @12:38PM
from the self-post dept.

Recently I interviewed at a big company in bay area and everything went well except I can't FINISH (but explain the approach and half coding done) coding a version of reverse a linked list in 20 minutes. I am coding in java for last 4+ years. Why all of my great work experience and coding and design skills + good performance in other 4.5 interviews are escaped by a single linked list question??...

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Re:India court says women 'misusing' dowry law on Friday July 04, 2014 @07:05AM (#7988224)
many Indian s/w engg in USA are paying extortion money in India because of this law. Police harass and arrest old aged parent and other family member to pressurize people to send money from USA. A very big extortion racket is going on in the name of law.