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John Graham-Cumming's blog: Steve Ballmer's incorrect binary search interview question

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In this short video Steve Ballmer talks about a puzzle question he would ask candidates interviewing at Microsoft. Solving it is based on b...

John Graham-Cumming's blog: Steve Ballmer's incorrect binary search interview question 2024-09-03 Steve Ballmer's incorrect binary search interview question In this short video Steve Ballmer talks about a puzzle question he would ask candidates interviewing at Microsoft. Solving it is based on binary search and the expected value . Here's what he says: " I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100. You can guess, after each guess I'll tell you whether high or low. You get it the first guess I'll give you five bucks. Four bucks, three, two, one, zero, you pay me a buck, you pay me two, you pay m

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