Is it ok to mess up on your algorithm the first couple of times in an interview?
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Hi,

In an interview scenario, is it okay to mess up your algorithm a couple of times before finally getting it right, or is that going to be viewed negatively?

For example I was working on https://leetcode.com/problems/first-missing-positive/ and the first time I submitted it I forgot to account for zero. The second time I forgot to account for duplicate numbers. The third time, my success condition was slightly wrong. The fourth time, my code passed.

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