GALLO Interview Question

Name a sorting algorithm and why you would use it

Interview Answer

Anonymous

Jul 31, 2017

Quicksort, but it depends on what I'm sorting. Since I use Python as my main language, I'd normally go with the standard built-in sorting algorithm Timsort, which was developed and optimized by Tim Peters specifically for Python. It's a hybrid sorting algorithm utilizing both merge and insertion sort when necessary and is designed for many kinds of real-world data. * Aimed to determine competency in algorithms and problem solving skills.