Will Einstein be able to pass FANG interview?

Chase / Eng ghosted!
Oct 4, 2018 29 Comments

Say we give him a week to go through a ds textbook and a week to go through docs on a Python or java (and he's allowed to forget syntax during interview). Assuming no leetcode practice, just based on those 2 sources, will he?

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  • IBM / Other thaiCurry
    Lol please don't say A in your FANG is Amazon!
    Oct 4, 2018 11
    • IBM / Other thaiCurry
      Chill guys, moving out of IBM soon. But my stance on Amazon remains the same. They need to grow up mentally! 😂
      Oct 4, 2018
    • IBM / Other thaiCurry
      Right, there are some really good teams at IBM.
      Oct 4, 2018
    • Equifax AkMi53
      Elite Watson 😂 - what an oxymoron
      Oct 4, 2018
    • Amazon Roadmap
      Lol. This thread is golden.
      Oct 4, 2018
    • Equifax AkMi53
      What can I say - I love sensitive data.
      Oct 4, 2018
  • Snapchat Hnsb54
    Why do you assume that interview questions these days are correlated at all with intelligence instead of just rote memorization and pattern matching?
    Oct 4, 2018 5
    • Tesla dfka50
      So being astute enough to understand patterns to the point that you identify the theory of relativity isn’t good enough?
      Oct 4, 2018
    • Snapchat Hnsb54
      If you are asking whether theoretical physics is in the same universe of skills as identifying and writing down a solution to an obvious dynamic programming problem for the 14th time, then no.
      Oct 4, 2018
    • Oracle 🍪 jar
      Snap out of it! Both of you!
      Oct 4, 2018
    • Google liam
      Pattern matching is a huge component of intelligence.
      Oct 4, 2018
    • Tesla dfka50
      Hnsb54 sounds like the type of interviewer who stumps people on purpose then goes into the bathroom to jerk off to the thought.
      Oct 4, 2018
  • He will get really pissed off at this nonsensical ego show, and will give FANG interviewers a tight slap 👋 on the face.
    Oct 4, 2018 0
  • Nvidia E2E7
    He would have failed miserably. But not because he is not smarter than an average fanger. Fang interviews do not assess smartness.
    Oct 4, 2018 0
  • New EVlp62
    I see einstein as someone who dwells on a problem for hours and days and finally reach to an ingenious solution. Fang interviews are more of either you already know the answer OR think on your feet, apply what you know to a problem from different angles with added pressure of not looking like a dumbass in 45 m for 5 iterations. There is nothing indicating that einstein was good at the latter
    Oct 4, 2018 1
    • Nvidia E2E7
      Exactly, 100%agree.
      Oct 4, 2018
  • HPE / Eng brotein
    Nobody is smarter than a FANG engineer. I can imagine a 22 year old kid looking at Einstein’s solutions and thinking “nah not good enough”.
    Oct 4, 2018 1
  • Northrop Grumman / Eng nattylight
    Einstein would never waste his efforts on leetcode. Truly brilliant people don't code
    Oct 4, 2018 0
  • eBay YAgV34
    He would be significantly brighter so he would fail as the average FANGER is likely too stupid to get his genius. If they got it then there is also a high chance that he would be rejected cause hiring somebody significantly smarter than you is hard for many ultra competitive motherfuckers who want to look like the brightest stars and play around with politics to get the next promotion 😬
    Oct 4, 2018 0
  • Facebook / Eng india.go
    Definitely, I'll pass him seeing the name
    Oct 4, 2018 0
  • Cruise Automation dudarine
    He dead you idiot
    Oct 4, 2018 0
  • Nielsen / Eng
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    This is a really awesome question but the last option needs to be changed. He was significantly brighter than the average fanger. Just because he doesn't know c++ because he wasn't around for it doesn't measure his intelligence.
    Oct 4, 2018 0