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> Perhaps companies will start asking candidates to construct mathematical proofs of data structures, algorithms

Perhaps we’d produce better software if people prioritised correctness like this in practice!



Perhaps so. Those sort of questions would benefit a company working at the scale of FAANG or Microsoft and actually tackling or researching real computer science problems.

Now would this make sense for a graduate entry level role for a web / mobile app developer position? Interviewers looking for such candidates need to lower their expectations a bit in for positions like that.




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