The conclusion of Professor Skiena's answer to a question about tech interviews[0]:
"When I had a startup company, all candidates we interviewed were amazed that I never asked them algorithm questions! I wasn't hiring them to answer puzzle questions, so why ask? And I am quite proud of the very good people we hired at General Sentiment".
Skiena goes through the amazing Concrete Mathematics book (which he didn't write). Warning - it is from the time when people used markers to write out their lecture notes!
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The conclusion of Professor Skiena's answer to a question about tech interviews[0]:
"When I had a startup company, all candidates we interviewed were amazed that I never asked them algorithm questions! I wasn't hiring them to answer puzzle questions, so why ask? And I am quite proud of the very good people we hired at General Sentiment".
[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/7vxid2/i...
This is amusing considering his book is recommended by so many of the whiteboard and assignment 'we only hire the rockstars' interviewers.
Highly recommended for those looking to grasp discrete math at a deeper level: http://www3.cs.stonybrook.edu/~algorith/math-video/
Skiena goes through the amazing Concrete Mathematics book (which he didn't write). Warning - it is from the time when people used markers to write out their lecture notes!