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by dinedal 5298 days ago
I try to guide my candidates to produce a functional solution before premature optimization. Obviously once a candidate proves they can come up with at least the simplest case, it's good to get an idea how how they'd optimize it, but since it turns out only 1 out of every 10 candidates actually get that far, the fact that we're having that conversation is enough to push them above the competition.