Hang in there man. While I'm thankful to be employed, I too am desperately looking for a real software engineering role but I just suck hard at technical interviews.
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#32If anyone reads this, I have an update. I ran an in-person mock interview with an HN user. It wasn't anything extensive; just a few simple questions. After it, I really looked at what I've been doing. It made me realize that I'm shit at interviews. Maybe I'm not that bad. Maybe other people do worse and still get jobs. But honestly, there's so much I can improve. I have no idea how I even passed some of my past inter…
There are at least two startups out there for engineers seeking to do practice interviews and improve their skills: Pramp (YC F2) [0] and Interviewing.io [1].
Re: Ask HN: What happens to people who graduate and can't find an entry job?
#33Where are you having troubles with the interview process? Getting past the initial resume screen? Passing the technical phone screen? Passing the onsite? Where are you located? Where do you want to work?
"Where are you having troubles with the interview process?" It's random. I pass resume screens, and I fail them. I'm just going to talk about phone screens for now. On-sites are an entirely different story, where a lot of them have been tech trivia or just entirely behavorial. ============== PHONE SCREENS ============== Random unknown, non-tech company -- easily pass. Jet -- I passed. Easily. Because of my connection…
> I use mainly C# for projects
That might be something to note. If you're looking at startup, C# is not a popular language. Lots of businesses talk about hiring engineers language agnostic, but how many really mean it? You can make yourself more competitive by already having experience in Java, Node, or whatever and being able to show you understand the nuances.