Ask HN: What's your speciality, and what's your "FizzBuzz" equivalent?

Post by Guvante » Thu, Jan 02, 2014, 4:17 PM UTC

crntaylor wrote: post #66

thearn4 wrote: post #59

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The Monty Hall problem (or a subtle variant) is also great one to watch people work through. It's a chance to see if people can thing about probability in a sort of asymptotic way. Basically (if they get stuck), ask them how they would choose if there were actually a 100 doors, but the same rules apply. Obviously, everyone switches. What about 99? 98? ... turns out, 3 doors is the smallest number where the strategy i…

The problem with asking Monty Hall in an interview is that ~75% of candidates already know the answer.

Post by yuchi » Thu, Jan 02, 2014, 4:19 PM UTC

solox3 wrote: post #11

Working for a web company. Our favourite JS question is, "What happens if you do this?" var func = function func () { // blah };

    var func = function func(func) {
      var func;
      console.log(typeof func);
    };
    function func(func) {
      console.log("func");
    }
    func("func");

Post by hacknat » Thu, Jan 02, 2014, 4:21 PM UTC

ironchef wrote: post #119

hacknat wrote: post #18

I'm an SE now, but I got my degree in Northwest Semitic Literature and Linguistics: Here's a couple: Are Semitic languages VSO or SVO? What does it mean that Semitic words are triliteral?

Isn't the semitic language a gotcha because of how arabic and hebrew have changed to SVO (while remainder are largely vso?) Or is that the point of asking?

Post by yuchi » Thu, Jan 02, 2014, 4:21 PM UTC

thomaslangston wrote: post #107

ShellfishMeme wrote: post #57

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The variable declaration is hoisted to the top, then is assigned a named function expression `func` so that `func.name === 'func'`. Useful for proper error messages and stack traces. Something else I'm missing?

Could you go into more detail about why you would do A) var func = function func() { /* blah */ }; Instead of B) function func() { /* blah */ };

    var func = _.memoize(function private_non_memoized_func() {
      func(); // "light"
      private_non_memoized_func(); // "heavy"
    });

Post by didgeoridoo » Thu, Jan 02, 2014, 4:22 PM UTC

crntaylor wrote: post #97

jbermudes wrote: post #86

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Should I parse it as tossing the same coin 10 times, or choosing from the jar 10 times?

Good question, and one that sometimes comes up when I ask it in interviews. You are tossing the same coin 10 times.