Re: Are you a programmer? These interview tips may help
By: Digital Man to MRO on Thu Oct 31 2019 10:21 pm
DM> The CS/algo-focused questions are relatively new to me - I first
DM> encountered them during a job search 2.5 years ago, but mainly at the
DM> bigger firms (FAANG). Now, it seems that method of interviewing has
DM> trickled down to everyone else, probably because they learned it from
DM> their experience interviewing at or working for the big names (e.g.
DM> Google) and now it's just the norm.
I've had some algo type of questions in my interviews recently, and 10+ years ag
o or so. And sometimes they'll ask you to write a bit of code at the interview.
Similar to what you said about the puzzle/riddle quesitons, sometimes I feel l
ike it's difficult to answer such questions & exercises on the spot because you'
re stressed and not at your best game. Also, I've found people often take an it
erative approach to writing software, where you write some code and get it worki
ng, and improve it later (and there are companies that do code reviews during co
de check-ins too) - so to expect you to write good code on the spot during an in
terview seems a little unfair in that regard.
It's a little better when they send you a coding exercise to work on in your own
time and send it back to them.
DM> Oh, I've had weird experiences going all the way back to the late 80's. I
DM> remember one interviewer just stopped talking and stared at me for a solid
DM> minute. I just stared right back. I guess I passed that test because he
DM> made me a job offer (which I declined).
That sounds pretty weird. I haven't had anyone do that to me (yet).
Nightfox
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