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Anonymous Fri 23 Jul 20:54:57 2021 No.13428314 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>13428322 >>13428464 >>13428532 >>13429861 >>13429885

> Be math graduate student
> Go to interview for software job
> Interviewer asks how to find the number of ways to get the number $v$ as a sum of $d$ $f$ -sided dice
> Tell him it is the coefficient of $x^v$ in $(x + x^2 + \dots + x^f)^d$
> Write out code in C++ to compute coeff
> Interviewer asks what a polynomial is

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Anonymous Fri 23 Jul 2021 20:56:40 No.13428322 Report

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>>13428314
>Interviewer asks what a polynomial is
doubt

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Anonymous Fri 23 Jul 2021 21:40:20 No.13428464 Report

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>>13428314

Cringe

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Anonymous Fri 23 Jul 2021 21:40:39 No.13428466 Report

Quoted By: >>13428584

they were testing your ability to explain math concepts to administration, which is vital in the software field

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Anonymous Fri 23 Jul 2021 21:50:31 No.13428490 Report

Quoted By: >>13428626

the narcissistic brainlets who try to substitute memorized dogma and credentialism for genuine achievement and ability all go around thinking that everyone must "know" all the same things they do or that person is necessarily stupid.
but then they meet a person in a position of genuine authority who didn't bother memorizing the same dogma and the narcissist's tiny little low IQ brain can't cope with it, memorizing dogma isn't the same as understanding concepts, when the memorized dogma runs out then the narcissist has nowhere left to turn except to cope and try to laugh off their failure by cringe assuming that failure at the interview was the other guy's fault.

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Anonymous Fri 23 Jul 2021 21:51:41 No.13428491 Report

Quoted By: >>13428832

>manager assigns me to do the first round of interviews today because he is a lazy faggot with a sub 130 IQ
>yeah fine as long as I don't have to codemonkey for a couple of hours
>first candidate comes in
>math graduate
>i'll ask him some retarded math-related question
>before he even comes in, i become aware of his presence
>the foul stench emitting from this creature brings my eyes to tears
>he comes in
>she* comes in
>"she" comes in
>ohgodwhy.jpg
>now i know why the manager assigned me to do this shit
>bite the bullet and start the interview
>ask "her" about some dumb combinatorics bullshit or something lmao
>"she" responds immediately
>it's obvious "she" memorized it, probably a /g/ tranny told "her" to grind leetcode
>test my hypotheses and ask "her" to write C++ code of it
>notice the candidate cringing ever so slightly form me saying "c++"
>"she" does it anyway
>ask what a polynomial is
>*silence*
>finally have an excuse to remove this monstrosity out of my office

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Anonymous Fri 23 Jul 2021 22:03:11 No.13428532 Report

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>>13428314
Brainlet here, pls explain your solution to me.

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Anonymous Fri 23 Jul 2021 22:19:41 No.13428584 Report

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>>13428466
>explain math concepts to administration, which is vital in the software field
fuck of it is, I guarantee you 99% of coders aren't touching any complicated math without a library unless they're in research or a quant or some shit. All of the fundemtemal math and comp sci shit you learn in University is only APPLICABLE for tech interviews and memeing how big brain you are

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Anonymous Fri 23 Jul 2021 22:33:37 No.13428626 Report

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>>13428490
It's literally the opposite you fucking faggot.
The OP used actual math to solve the problem when the interviewer was looking for the bitchmade loop answer that they had memorized.

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Anonymous Fri 23 Jul 2021 23:56:57 No.13428832 Report

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>>13428491
BASED.

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Anonymous Sat 24 Jul 2021 03:56:15 No.13429562 Report

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I have some experience in the software engineering industry. They are looking for drones to spit out the right answer. Do not be fooled into thinking they are looking for creativity or critical thinking. They want drones, preferably Asian/White, a little liberal, knows how to crack a joke and when to drink a beer.

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Anonymous Sat 24 Jul 2021 06:10:42 No.13429861 Report

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>>13428314
basado

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Anonymous Sat 24 Jul 2021 06:26:52 No.13429885 Report

Quoted By: >>13429997

>>13428314
>O(n^2) complexity
You failed as a programmer, anon.

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Anonymous Sat 24 Jul 2021 07:32:38 No.13429997 Report

Quoted By: >>13430088

>>13429885
Don't assoom.

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Anonymous Sat 24 Jul 2021 08:42:55 No.13430088 Report

Quoted By: >>13430096

>>13429997
The formula he described is the brute force method that they wanted him to do, except expressed as polynomial coefficients. AKA calculate each possible dice roll and tally them up.

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Anonymous Sat 24 Jul 2021 08:50:27 No.13430096 Report

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>>13430088
Who said the coëfficient would be calculated by expanding out the polynomial power like a barbarian?

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