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Programming Interviews

Name: Anonymous 2011-09-19 18:57

So in my job search I've learned something important - I'm really really really bad at programming tests and interviews. Actually, I'm pretty decent at standard algorithms/data structures-related questions that come up on phone screens, but I'm awful when it comes down to ironing out the details and dealing with edge cases. Just now I horribly failed a take-home test and I feel like total shit right now.

I realize I need more practice, and I've heard from a lot of people that TopCoder's practice rooms are a great way to do it.

Here's the problem:

I find the problems, even the lower-point ones, to be WAY too fucking hard. Is there a similar place with problems that are easier, or at least less math-heavy?

Name: Anonymous 2011-09-20 8:45

>>38
I'm talking about my confidence in a particular theory given the evidence that I've observed:
How do you know, when evidence supports your belief?

Do you mean enumerate or define? To define some infinite set is easy. To fully enumerate is impossible by definition. That doesn't mean that there isn't an infinity of natural numbers.
I mean physically showing an object, description of which would require the concept of "Infinite Set".

As for engineering, do you think they don't rely very heavily on applied physics?
I dont think about the things I havent seen. I'm not a religious person and have no imagination.

You're oversimplifying things and are missing the big picture here, and I'm too lazy to write more longposts describing it.
Your answer shows that you're out of viable arguments. I will interpret it as your surrender.

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