Whiteboard interview evaluation

Intel / Eng
mr_pleb

Go to company page Intel Eng

mr_pleb
May 10, 2019 4 Comments

How do the interviewers know if your code is perfect and fails no cases ?
Are they that smart to be able to tell regardless of how your solution looks like ? Or do they fail you if the solution doesn't look like the one on leetcode ?

While leeting sometimes I came up with a solution that was passing for many inputs but still there were some non-trivial cases (like very long input) where it failed because the solution wasn't sound.

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TOP 4 Comments
  • Google
    policies

    Go to company page Google

    policies
    They ask the same question 20 times to know all possible errors ppl make in the code. So pretty much it's easy to detect.
    May 10, 2019 0
  • New / Eng
    QTdN03

    New Eng

    QTdN03
    They have days or weeks to think about the code. You have minutes.
    May 10, 2019 0
  • New
    fSca65

    New

    fSca65
    They've seen many, many answers and know the trade offs between them.

    If your answer isn't one they've seen then that's probably a problem by itself.
    May 10, 2019 0
  • Cloudflare / Eng
    myimouto

    Go to company page Cloudflare Eng

    myimouto
    usually they know the problem pretty well
    May 10, 2019 0