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Don't think I woulda thought about it this way, pretty interesting perspective


IQ is a general measure for pattern recognition. Most modern IQ tests are heavily dependent of things like ravens matrices.

Pattern recognition in obviously helpful when problem solving.


Is IQ really legit? I heard form Nassim Nicholas Taleb that the math used by psychologist is weak.


It's not. It was originally used to find profoundly disabled children. But know extended to be the be all and end all of intelligence. It's weak science.


its legit in the sense that is a huge variable in predicting general life success/educational attainment.

if you think those outcomes are decent proxies for intelligence then IQ is useful


In my experience

Phone Interviews: Where I live my cell signal sucks so you can imagine how much "could you say that again" goes on

Whiteboard interviews: Mostly just uncomfortable but necessary to get a general vibe in person I guess?



The creator here, happy to answer any questions, or comments you may have :D


If you're into logic puzzles and python, I built Jindosh.com. If you like javascript, there's this great game at https://alexnisnevich.github.io/untrusted/


Unfortunately, the question after is harder :( but I am working on a Christmas themed story and I'll be sure to make it easier. Any other thoughts or insights that might make it better?


I tried enterprise sales and then realized enterprise sales are really hard so I moved what I had to see how consumers reacted to it. I've had better results from just talking to programmers and I'm not really sure what to do with it.

I am very open to suggestions, appreciate you trying it out btw :)


Yea, there are a few hidden test cases so people don't hardcode in the answers. A quick hint for the first one is to use a stack, it makes the question much easier.


I actually love this, hands down amazing for blogs


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