FAQ: Technical Interviews: Whiteboarding - Coding the Solution

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This community-built FAQ covers the “Coding the Solution” exercise from the lesson “Technical Interviews: Whiteboarding”.

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Technical Interview Practice: Python

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We’ve been preparing for the technical interview using JavaScript until this point, where I notice the instructor using a more Python-like syntax for coding the solution.

Is writing pseudo-code the preferred route to take in technical interviews? Would it ever be advantageous to use proper syntax in a particular language?

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It’s something you’ll have to ask the interviewer. Writing in pseudo-code may be a preference to avoid spending too much time on syntax writing- and problems while others may prefer the language interviewed for to prove literacy in that programming language.

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In the Pythagorean Theorem, c has to be the greatest length (hypotenuse). In his code, isn’t it true that 12 is never the c value? Doesn’t that mean his code would return false for input [5, 4, 3] even though it should be true?

UPDATE: Never mind he addresses this on the next page!