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by murkle 3348 days ago
I wonder what the interviewer would have said if you'd written down Binet's formula :)

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/BinetsFibonacciNumberFormula.ht...

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Maybe his response would have been "Thank you for memorizing obscure formulas. Unfortunately, we look for motivated employees who study relevant topics pertinent to work."

Like really I don't know what to expect. I wonder what % of programmers can actually solve the problem without studying the solution (I'm sure there are many out there but I would guess most are from a mathematical field/background).