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		oldsecondhand on June 29, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pen and paper exercises in machine learning (2021) > They joined Google when there was no leetcode and when Google had amazing high standards in asking math and algorithm puzzles How was that any better? Leetcode is math and algorithm puzzles.

hintymad on June 29, 2022 [–]

The point is that they didn't cram. They were just talented in math or CS, or they were geeky enough to be well read and knew lots of techniques.

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