[danwee]

Funny enough, I would fail your interview. But not because I don't know how to solve the problem, but because I don't know how to solve the problem without Google and/or documentation. My struggle is: I can come up with some working solution by myself, but I always know that my solution is "not the best", so after "solution v1 made entirely by myself", I jump into Google and find out what's "the best way to solve my little problem". After a few iterations, I come up with "solution v4 by myself and the help of the internet" which turns out to be way better than v1.

My v1 would not pass your interview. My v4 would be a world-class solution. Fair enough, you are not looking for my v4, and rightfully so I should fail your interview (because I bet there be some people out there who can produce world-class solutions without relying on external sources)

[mraza007]

I would definitely agree with you.

I can’t do without documentation or google.

And that makes me think am i a bad programmer

[phatskat]

> And that makes me think am i a bad programmer

You’re not. We all need documentation and google, and anyone who claims otherwise will eventually shoot themselves in the foot.

I’ve definitely given interview questions my best shot and admitted where I’d defer to the internet.