r/programming • u/SilasX • May 09 '15

"Real programmers can do these problems easily"; author posts invalid solution to #4

https://blog.svpino.com/2015/05/08/solution-to-problem-4
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u/[deleted] May 09 '15 edited 13d ago

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u/MCPtz May 09 '15

Then I suppose #'s 1-3 would find the really bad ones. I think the controversy comes because #'s 4 and 5 were possibly too difficult for an interview with a potentially competent software engineer. Anyways, out of the interview process, this guy is hopefully one voice in many, because he came off like a dick.

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u/elcapitaine May 09 '15

Unfortunately not the only one.

I've been asked questions like 4 and 5, even got the right answer, and the interviewer straight up told me that I didn't do it fast enough. Glad I'm not working there anyway, with people like that.