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This cannot be over emphasized. You cannot just have an aptitude for math/statistics/probability. You will need to be able to write high performance production quality code.
Interesting! Thanks a lot for writing/posting this. I enjoyed the read. One thing I had to chuckle at was this: >Mark Joshi obtained a B.A. in mathematics (top of year) from the University of Oxford in 1990, and a Ph.D. in pure mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1994. He was an assistant lecturer in the department of pure mathematics and mathematical statistics at Cambridge University from…
No wonder he moved to Australia.
" Brainteasers are popular." Can somebody explain why? I'm genuinely interested, since in software dev interviews we see less and less brainteasers...
Hedge funds have a hard-on for these kind of questions regardless of the role. I got a few of them in the interviews I had for the one I did IT support for... They also liked taking Ivy grads with BAs and giving them receptionist jobs.
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" Brainteasers are popular." Can somebody explain why? I'm genuinely interested, since in software dev interviews we see less and less brainteasers...
These are not very tricky brainteasers that depend on getting a particular insight. They're actually somewhat pedestrian. However, if you can't manage to competently work out a simple, well defined problem, you're going to struggle with the more complex issues we deal with.
" Brainteasers are popular." Can somebody explain why? I'm genuinely interested, since in software dev interviews we see less and less brainteasers...
"Hirers tend to be looking for strong programming and data management skills as much as mathematical ability" This cannot be over emphasized. You cannot just have an aptitude for math/statistics/probability. You will need to be able to write high performance production quality code.
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Hedge funds have a hard-on for these kind of questions regardless of the role. I got a few of them in the interviews I had for the one I did IT support for... They also liked taking Ivy grads with BAs and giving them receptionist jobs.
It's the perfect market at work, I tell you. The private industry can do no wrong because then people would stop investing in the company and/or stop buying their services. /s
Interesting! Thanks a lot for writing/posting this. I enjoyed the read. One thing I had to chuckle at was this: >Mark Joshi obtained a B.A. in mathematics (top of year) from the University of Oxford in 1990, and a Ph.D. in pure mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1994. He was an assistant lecturer in the department of pure mathematics and mathematical statistics at Cambridge University from…
What's the upside to admitting on HN to having front office experience?
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Hedge funds have a hard-on for these kind of questions regardless of the role. I got a few of them in the interviews I had for the one I did IT support for... They also liked taking Ivy grads with BAs and giving them receptionist jobs.
It's the perfect market at work, I tell you. The private industry can do no wrong because then people would stop investing in the company and/or stop buying their services. /s
Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's the perfect market at work, I tell you. The private industry can do no wrong because then people would stop investing in the company and/or stop buying their services. /s
I don't see why the sarcasm. Hedge funds are not banks; they live or die by the brains of the people they hire. If they perform well, they get more investors. If they fail to perform, they go bust, and noone is there to bail them out.