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Show HN: Every problem and solution in Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview

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Re: Show HN: Every problem and solution in Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview

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throwanem wrote: post #110
mathgradthrow wrote: post #109

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the entire premise of your objection is "what about women in porn?" OC listed three jobs total, the premise being that jobs in which a tryout is a useful evaluation tool are rare. There is no a priori reason to believe that the very different jobs that men and women have as porn actors should both fall into this rare category. Unless, of course, you're reflexively looking to take offense at the idea that men and wome…

Someone has reflexively taken offense at something here. It's clear who and I think I see what, but I have to confess myself still mystified as to why. All I've said is that women also act and that's also hard work. I didn't say it is the same job, only that it is no easier. Why does that bother you so?

Because no one was talking about the difficulty of the task except for you, and you chose to get indignant.

Re: Show HN: Every problem and solution in Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview

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Post by throwanem »

mathgradthrow wrote: post #111
throwanem wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Someone has reflexively taken offense at something here. It's clear who and I think I see what, but I have to confess myself still mystified as to why. All I've said is that women also act and that's also hard work. I didn't say it is the same job, only that it is no easier. Why does that bother you so?

Because no one was talking about the difficulty of the task except for you, and you chose to get indignant.

I didn't raise the subject: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44137282

Young men are adorable, but really I feel for you. What you really desperately need is a role model, the same way I did at your age. None is to be found here.

Re: Show HN: Every problem and solution in Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview

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Post by horns4lyfe »

colordrops wrote: post #57
HeyLaughingBoy wrote: post #50

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Principal Engineer level shouldn't even be tested on leetcode. There are far more important things to know about that candidate.

I interviewed at Amazon for a principle engineering position - got the interview as my resume has some pretty high profile accomplishments. But they just asked me leetcode questiins all day. I don't practice leetcoding so needless to say I didn't do well. Everyone there looked tired and worn out, probably dodged a bullet.

It’s because they’re not interested in engineers, they’re looking for visa workers from cultures that optimize for grinding those types of questions

Re: Show HN: Every problem and solution in Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview

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Post by stmw »

BeetleB wrote: post #94
stmw wrote: post #85

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I think we may have disagreement on what Leetcode means in this context -- but it has to be complicated and varied enough that simply memorizing the solution is not sufficient. It being interesting is a bonus for other parts of the technical interview.

Sure but there are varying degrees. I often ask people to write a factorial function. Quite a few fail at this basic task.

We agree - this is why programming interviews - whiteboard, virtual or something else - are here to stay.
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