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> why are we not testing for that iceberg, instead just scratching the surface

Typical interview loop includes more than 1 question.

> how many times does a great engineer need to prove that they understand fundamentals?

This is a logical fallacy. The interviewer doesn't know if the interviewee is a great engineer or not, that's the whole point of doing an interview in the first place.



    > Typical interview loop includes more than 1 question.
In my interview experiences, programming problems are "fail fast". If you fail one, you fail the whole interview. There is no "round 2".




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