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Duc Nguyen

hi, sorry for leaving any confusion,
here is the challenge and solution: geeksforgeeks.org/add-two-numbers-...

We are actually using a code editor online like hackerrank, where the challenge is very detail with sample...

the challenge is aimed to check if the candidate has a skills to manage code , variables , loops etc.

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Andrew Brown 🇨🇦

This is the result you want

Input : n = 3, m = 3
        a[] = { 1, 2, 3 }
        b[] = { 2, 1, 4 }
Output : 337
123 + 214 = 337

Input : n = 4, m = 3
        a[] = { 9, 5, 4, 9 }
        b[] = { 2, 1, 4 }
Output : 9763

There you go

def join_array_sum a, b
    a.join('').to_i + b.join('').to_i
end

I know this is not what you want, but I know a CompSci grad can regurgitate the solution in minutes. However, it turns out to be a poor indicator for hire because then I have to spend 3-6 months teaching them AWS, how to probably commit a feature to a repo, how to work with a web framework.

Honestly, just want people meeting business objectives. There are hundreds of books and online solutions where if and when you need to you can produce this result when needed.

I needed OpenCV to crop the whitespace out of a photo so I put my co-founder on it. He never used python, his background is not web-dev (network engineer), he had it working in 30mins.

I put a comp-sci grad on it and they couldn't get it working with a full week timeline. Yet they can solve these puzzles. Make sense of that.

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Ross

I put my co-founder on it. He never used python, his background is not web-dev (network engineer), he had it working in 30mins...I put a comp-sci grad on it and they couldn't get it working with a full week timeline. Yet they can solve these puzzles. Make sense of that.

Easily. Your co-founder has a wealth of experience and time served in a wide variety of tools, techniques, libraries, patterns, shortcuts, blockers, research techniques and the graduate has a fraction of that an no understanding of what corners are ok to cut. This is exactly the result you would expect. Why it makes no sense to you, makes no sense to me.