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by jf22 4643 days ago
I don't understand the point you are trying to make.

You're saying implementing linked lists are good only if you are trying to hire recent college graduates who will prepare for an interview?

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I never said that. I said if people think the first bullet point is too much to handle, that's blatantly stupid. It isn't like the company is asking you to implement a red-black tree. I am not a fan of puzzle solver so I hate that kind of interview. But linked list? Come on.

it's like asking someone "Well, explain how list is implemented in Python" when you claim you have been programming with Python years. Well, if you can't even answer that question with a good estimate (it has a double space every time you create a list for example) then you probably shouldn't call yourself a Python guru.