Online Meeting: May - Interview Puzzles Dissected

In today's competitive job market, companies use all sorts of techniques to try to separate mediocre developers from great ones. One of those techniques is the interview puzzle. In this talk, author Rod Stephens will demystify interview puzzles for both job candidates and interviewer. He’ll start by reviewing the fascinating history of interview puzzles. Next he’ll explain what interview puzzles are and how they can be used to do more than simply annoy job candidates. Interview puzzles often aren’t a good test of a candidate’s programming ability, but they can be effective when used in the right way. We’ll then spend bulk of the talk working through different kinds of interview puzzles so you’ll be better prepared should you meet one in the wild.