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BobJanova3-Feb-12 6:09
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SledgeHammer013-Feb-12 5:19
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BillWoodruff wrote:
I'm confused: you say the specific question asked was specifically about
checking available license plates, but, then, you say the question was about
data structures, and databases are "irrelevant:" did the interviewer(s) tell you
the question was about data structures, and exclude "databases," specifically,
or not ?


The question was to determine how you think when large amounts of data are involved. Do you think you would not have to solve such problems if you were working at say Google? or Amazon?, etc.

Your response is actually pretty similiar to the majority I have gotten Smile | :) . "This problem is stupid", "there aren't that many license plates in the entire world", etc. rather then thinking of the problem in generic terms. For example.. oh hey, maybe this problem is a variation on the traveling salesman problem, or the backpack problem and I can apply that solution Smile | :) .

That was the point of the exercise Smile | :) , but everybody seems to be focusing on the license plate aspect of the question Smile | :) .

modified 3-Feb-12 12:31pm.

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