[rant] do you feel better about yourself for naying someone because they don't remember the details of kmp, eukonen, out any other "trick" algorithm? Do you think you get better engineers that way ? Or is it just for the ego boost ? Just ask the square root of 152399025, you will get the same result.#leetcode
^ What facebook said. OP must be new grad level YOE.
What’s eukonen?
Yes, I like pretending I'm the Riddler
Not a new grad, (7yoe). I did admit I did not remember the algo, and the interviewer did ask me to try to find it. If an algorithm had been published in a research paper: either someone memorized it, or they won't figure it out in ten minutes: in both case it does not tell you whether or not the interviewee is good. Yes I'm salty, and yes, leetcode more is the answer. It is just stupid
Unfortunately, the differentiating factor here is whether you cared enough to memorize those algorithms instead of whether you are actually competent for the job. There are actually plenty of competent folks out there and one can’t go about hiring all of them. So buckle up and leetcode!
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You aren't expected to answer every question perfectly. These types of questions are usually more about the way you respond and less about the answer itself. For example: admitting you don't remember but talking about how you would go about researching it if you needed to versus just making some shit up.
It's possibly not, but in general, across all fields and companies, it's much better to admit to not knowing and talk through what you would do rather than make something up that's incorrect.
Orangejam did you just reply to someone? If so I may have wadded someones panties enough for them to block me lol