If for some reason you don't know what a linked list is, you can always ask.
I think it's about admitting when you don't know something just as much as it's about being able to reason through the problem and give a correct answer.
All else equal, I'd much rather hire someone who didn't know what a linked list was, but asked and answered correctly, than someone who pretended to know and limped their way through the problem, even if they did eventually give a correct answer.
I think it's about admitting when you don't know something just as much as it's about being able to reason through the problem and give a correct answer.
All else equal, I'd much rather hire someone who didn't know what a linked list was, but asked and answered correctly, than someone who pretended to know and limped their way through the problem, even if they did eventually give a correct answer.