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Mar. 16th, 2006 07:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
flexagonWe interviewed someone yesterday for a position in our group. I give them a math puzzle, because math skills are important in our group (my own math skills are behind where they need to be, in my opinion). At some point they invariably have part of the answer but haven't seen the full pattern yet.
It's AMAZING how many people, and I mean people with PhDs in math or engineering, don't recognize a pattern from the numbers 1, 4 and 9. :(
It's AMAZING how many people, and I mean people with PhDs in math or engineering, don't recognize a pattern from the numbers 1, 4 and 9. :(
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Date: 2006-03-16 01:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-16 02:09 pm (UTC)People just fall apart in interview situations. I've never interviewed people so much before I got this job... it's very informative. Next time I interview I hope I'm able to put a few of these lessons into practice.
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Date: 2006-03-17 08:20 pm (UTC)In their defense... at an interview for a job I REALLY wanted, they asked me to code up a solution to a simple problem while standing over my shoulder. I completely forgot the syntax of the C language that day. It would have taken me 2 minutes to do it in any other situation.
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Date: 2006-03-18 08:45 pm (UTC)Your comment to nevers journal about the sensory stuff seriously made my day!
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Date: 2006-03-18 08:45 pm (UTC)Your comment to nevers journal about the sensory stuff seriously made my day!