Software engineer and developer learning advocate. Ex-Meta, Ex-Microsoft. I founded Educative to help software developers become more productive and more successful.
Totally agree with you, Sean. It was geared towards candidates who don't even try to find the solution and become content with the brute-force solution. Some candidates don't even try to come out of their comfort zone and that's a red flag.
Totally agree with you, Sean. It was geared towards candidates who don't even try to find the solution and become content with the brute-force solution. Some candidates don't even try to come out of their comfort zone and that's a red flag.
IMHO both are red flags: candidate who writes only the perfect solution, candidate who writes only the worst solution.
The solution should be a way to discuss (and learn) as many things as you can.