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> Also, you should be able to write the solution correctly without looking up anything and without running the code before declaring that it is complete.

That’s the bullshit part. This doesn’t happen in any other context in software engineering except interviews. This just test the ability to memorize algorithms. People with a life are at a disadvantage by either accident or by design, not sure which is worse.



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