Seems he/she read the manual and memorised it. Hell that is a huge green flag for me. If they can keep that manual in their head, then perhaps the GOF or other books too. Snap them up.
Ask HN: Would you hire someone who memorizes the System Design Interview book?
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Re: Ask HN: Would you hire someone who memorizes the System Design Interview book?
#12You are getting what you asked for. If that's not what you need, ask for something else. There's nothing wrong in a candidate learning system design from a system design book.
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#13Depends on the level. If it's an early career engineer ( If it's senior+ then yeah you might expect more. Especially if it's around something the engineer has worked with before.
> If it's senior+ then yeah you might expect more. Especially if it's around something the engineer has worked with before.
What is "more than" the correct answer?
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#15Yes of course. Are you qualified to be interviewing?
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#16Depends on the level. If it's an early career engineer ( If it's senior+ then yeah you might expect more. Especially if it's around something the engineer has worked with before.
> If it's senior+ then yeah you might expect more. Especially if it's around something the engineer has worked with before. What is "more than" the correct answer?
there is no correct answer but someone at the senior level would probably be able to explain the same kind of problem in more depth.