In coding rounds, do interviewers appreciate use of built in packages and functions or they give more browine points to self written functions?

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Unless I am specifically asking a candidate to “reverse a linked list” or “sort an array”, I prefer they not reinvent the wheel and just solve the larger problem they are given.

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only if you can write it in assembler

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You may need to use a library to answer the question, and you should if it helps, but it should not be the answer.
They want you to give the most elegant solution within the allotted time. It should be easy to follow and you should understand the mechanics.
If they say “sort this .csv” they are expecting you to write the sorting algorithm.
3/5 points for answering the question with an okay solution.
Extra point if you give the most efficient answer or at least show you know how it works if you run out time.
For that question, “df.sort_values(by=‘col1’)” would be a fail. But good luck sorting the csv without a library to read it into memory.
Lastly, just do Leetcode challenges. That’s what they want, whether or not you think it’s right.

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Thanks SC1. Got it, so its more of go the leetcode way, but in case you run out of time just take out the stuffs from your arsenal :)

Read Cracking the Coding Interview—I think it’s worth understanding what the mindset of a coding interviewer is if you’re running into a lot of these types of rounds

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Only if you spell the function correctly 😉

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