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Post by nsxwolf » Mon, Dec 04, 2023, 6:00 PM UTC

stale2002 wrote: post #126

paulddraper wrote: post #64

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When you say "memorize" what do you mean? You mean that they remember common patterns to solve problems? Or they memorize questions verbatim?

Memorizing questions verbatim means that you will often get questions that require only a single line change in your solution. Furthermore, if you have a memorized solution, you can spit that out in 5 minutes, and then spend the next 30 minutes trying to figure out the slight change that you need to do to make it work for the minor change that was made. Speed matters. And having stuff memorized makes everything else…

Post by stale2002 » Mon, Dec 04, 2023, 8:17 PM UTC

nsxwolf wrote: post #131

stale2002 wrote: post #126

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Memorizing questions verbatim means that you will often get questions that require only a single line change in your solution. Furthermore, if you have a memorized solution, you can spit that out in 5 minutes, and then spend the next 30 minutes trying to figure out the slight change that you need to do to make it work for the minor change that was made. Speed matters. And having stuff memorized makes everything else…

Speed matters. So what if you just can't be fast? What if you have dyslexia? Then what are you supposed to do?

Post by stale2002 » Tue, Dec 05, 2023, 2:32 AM UTC

nsxwolf wrote: post #134

stale2002 wrote: post #133

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> So what if you just can't be fast? Then I guess you won't be very good at interviewing. > Then what are you supposed to do? Get better or give up. Your choice.

Oh cool. So the ADA doesn't apply to this industry huh.