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Form 'Part 2':

> This is a great engineering interview problem because it pretty cleanly partitions the candidate pool into three different types:

> Type 2 looks at the problem and says, “Ah! I know just how to do this! Multiplication is just like addition, except wherever addition does +, I should do .” So they copy-and-paste, change all the +s to s, and they’re done in 90 minutes. Candidates in this group stand a really good chance of being hired.

As a non-expert in C/C++, I would definitely be of type 2, but I would be too afraid to apply for a job to work on a database engine's codebase.