Being honest about seen question in interview

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BTce72

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BTce72
Oct 29, 2020 11 Comments

CTCI suggests to be honest when you get a question that you have already seen.
Does seriously that help you?
Did anyone do that?
#interview

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  • Apple
    Rtank

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    Rtank
    Hahahah 😂🤣🤣🤣

    Dude, most people have seen ALL questions. It’s not about knowledge, it’s about good network (so you have the questions before hand) and good memory (so you memorize all answers).

    I know many people in FANG that can’t answer the questions if a 2 becomes 3 and they’re now at senior levels.
    Oct 29, 2020 0
  • You should morally and ethically tell the interviewer that you have seen the question before and it’s immoral for you to even try to attempt the problem now. Then recite the Bible for next 5 minutes while he’s pulling out a LC DP HARD to replace the original question.
    Oct 29, 2020 1
  • Amazon
    socode

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    socode
    Don't. Just ask questions and solve in time. Don't do it in 5 mins so that they suspect you.

    As regards to is it morally correct... Think of an entrance exam, if you get the question that you studied is it unfair ?

    Infact an ideal candidate will have practiced so many questions that they know a variant of all questions.
    Oct 29, 2020 0
  • Twitch
    kangaroar

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    kangaroar
    My advice:

    1. Clarify requirements first. I’ve seen a lot of interviewers switch it up slightly and ppl end up implementing something else

    2. Once you’ve confirmed it’s the same problem, feel free to say “I may have seen this problem before but it’s been a while”.
    Oct 29, 2020 0
  • Apple
    gwtm

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    gwtm
    It’s true to some degree. Say if all the questions that interviewer prepared are the ones you have seen, you may annoy the interviewer by keep saying “oh I have seen this”,”oh I have seen that”... also most interviewer tries to tweak the problem statement so it is not the original problem pulled from CTCI or LeetCode, so just play along
    Oct 29, 2020 0