Showing posts with label interviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label interviews. Show all posts

Thursday, December 17, 2009

LRU

LRU (Least Recently Used) is an algorithm in Computer Science used in many places. We were interviewing a candidate for a development position. My colleague quizzed the girl sitting across the table.

“Ok, what is the Least Recently Used algorithm?”

Immediately came the reply, “The algorithm which I have used least recently is … blah blah blah”

We didn’t know what to ask next.