in reply to Re: Interview with a Programmer
in thread Interview with a Programmer
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code a bubble sort in C (yes, I know it's N*N and not always that efficient). One applicant wrote out the code for the QuickSort algorithim instead. Later, I typed his code in: it compiled and ran correctly the first time. However .. I had not asked for "any" sorting algorithim, I had asked specifically for a bubble sort. So I rejected that candidate, because in my opinion he would go off and do his own thing after being told what to do, and that's not the kind of person I wanted to hire.
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So I would ask how big the list was to sort and try to work out which sort is the best for that. So you wouldn't hire me because I'm not a brainless idiot who just does what you want???
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