Diary of an obsessed company. So at our company, the interview loop includes Sudoku. Why? Because if you can’t s

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solex

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donkulator

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I wouldn't expect someone to do a sudoku, but only because it would take too long. Asking random weird questions flushes out people who lack curiosity about the world.

Expecting a correct answer to the weird question is just stupid though.
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D-4got10-01

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Sudoku during an interview? I'd be doomed.
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whimsical

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I once did a cognitive test for two hours or so and scores perfect for inductive / deductive reasoning. Can't pass harder than that. Still didn't get hired. Compared to the test I had, the soduku would've made the most sense. I won't do it ever again for multiple reasons. I like to do some example project tho.
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whimsical

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@donkulator I once had a lot of questions about my own code and I loved it. Just questions why I did x and y instead of z. Got me hired because it seemed the competition couldn't answer anything. So weird to me. I mean how hard is it to be questioned about your work.
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AlgoRythm

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Sudoku? How much memory do I get to build a branching solver? I could do it with 1-2GB :)
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D-4got10-01

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This kinda reminds me of that one situation: we had been developing a collection of puzzle games. Sudoku was one of them. Debug builds were displaying solutions using a partially faded font. One of the testers managed to piss off the lead programmer, so when he asked for the debug builds, programmer's response was: 'No, you'll be solving those by yourself. See you in three months'.

...makes me chuckle to this day.
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BordedDev

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You don't work at a newspaper printing company by any chance?

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