A regex crossword from LinkedIn Engineering
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A regex crossword from LinkedIn Engineering
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Re: A regex crossword from LinkedIn Engineering
#2This seems like a twisted idea of a "fun" interview question that "our candidates really enjoy"
Re: A regex crossword from LinkedIn Engineering
#3If you enjoyed that, there's plenty more where that came from at https://regexcrossword.com/
Re: A regex crossword from LinkedIn Engineering
#4This seems like a twisted idea of a "fun" interview question that "our candidates really enjoy"
if i had gotten this puzzle in a job interview i would certainly enjoy it but ymmv
Re: A regex crossword from LinkedIn Engineering
#5only 12% of people got this puzzle it says. I used rubular.com though, so maybe that was cheating...
Re: A regex crossword from LinkedIn Engineering
#6Only 12% of people who attempt this puzzle solve it.
Static text or real statistics?
Re: A regex crossword from LinkedIn Engineering
#7Only 12% of people who attempt this puzzle solve it. Static text or real statistics?
I received the same stat.
Re: A regex crossword from LinkedIn Engineering
#8To up the ante, it would be a fairly good challenge to write a computer program that solves this puzzle efficiently.
Re: A regex crossword from LinkedIn Engineering
#9Can anyone explain what the solution is supposed to look like? What actually goes in the boxes?
Re: A regex crossword from LinkedIn Engineering
#10OP has posted this link before, both here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10990206 (with the title "Get an interview at LinkedIn by solving this puzzle") and on the Who's Hiring threads https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11014173
As an exercise, I wrote a quick and dirty python script to solve this back in February (albeit it's not the most elegant solution but far better than brute force) and submitted my answer and subsequent contact info hoping to eventually hear back about said interview, and never did.
Which is quite frustrating from the perspective of someone on the job hunt. Why use something like this as a hiring tool and not follow up on it?