User-1ja1dAug 14, 2026
Perplexity rejected me after the ToDo list problem, HR should've warned me harder
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I got stuck on the exact same TLE on part three, felt like the test case was designed to break naive DFS specifically.
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Perplexity's bar is no joke for a company that's still building its reputation, kind of surprising honestly.
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Did you at least get to attempt part four or did time run out before that?
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Never got there, ran out of time cleaning up part three after the TLE.
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Rough, hope the next one goes better for you.
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The HR technical question thing happened to me too, caught me completely off guard since no other company front loads it like that.
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Right, would've prepped differently if I knew that was coming.
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