Unfortunately there’s a large amount of grifters out there providing tech interview “coaching” to people with no prior experience. Fortunately as someone who also interviews SW candidates it’s really easy to spot who just memorized Cracking the Coding interview and Geeks for Geeks answers.
I literally had someone write down the exact answer for an algorithm question that appears on GeeksforGeeks down to the small bugs which the post had originally.
> I literally had someone write down the exact answer for an algorithm question that appears on GeeksforGeeks down to the small bugs which the post had originally.
how did you know/verify this?
wondering why an interviewer would go GeeksforGeeks and other interview sites and match a candidates answer line by line.
When I was writing the interview question I was wondering if some site had already covered it. Turns they had, so I ran their solution and discovered it had some bugs. Whenever I ask the question, I refer to the "answer" on geeks for geeks. If they copy it, they get a no-hire from me.
It seems pretty reasonable to me, as an interviewer, to look up the question I am thinking about asking to see what is available online. Is there a reason you wouldn't do this?
I literally had someone write down the exact answer for an algorithm question that appears on GeeksforGeeks down to the small bugs which the post had originally.