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Coding Interview Cheatsheet

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Re: Coding Interview Cheatsheet

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Post by eradicatethots »

theprotocol wrote: post #6

>Stay calm and composed. Ironically, reading this makes me hyperaware. >Sound enthusiastic! Speak with a smile and you will naturally sound more engaging. In my experience, some people force this and it comes off a bit creepy. I've had better luck not thinking about this. IMHO don't treat the social side the same way you treat the technical side (i.e. preparation similar to homework). The social side should not be ov…

You’re going to have a real working relationship with these people. I don’t think it makes sense to have a working relationship where you’re concerned so much about appearances. Don’t need to treat interviewers like they’re hypersensitive to your social behavior.

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Post by eradicatethots »

munchor wrote: post #8

One thing that's missing here is video camera feed. As an interviewer, I don't turn on my webcam and I don't expect the candidate to do it (although they can if they want to). However, I've heard different people have different opinions on this. It's definitely something that could go on this list for phone interviews. Of course, intra-US interviews are usually done over the phone but when the interviews are across c…

Personally would not even look at the webcam, so it’s less awkward when I’m not expected to.

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Post by pavlov »

I can’t think of any other field where highly paid adult professionals willingly submit to interviews that treat them like autistic 15-year-olds. Makes sense for the companies, of course.

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Post by eradicatethots »

pavlov wrote: post #15

I can’t think of any other field where highly paid adult professionals willingly submit to interviews that treat them like autistic 15-year-olds. Makes sense for the companies, of course.

I agree with you but I’m sure this will be flagged unless you tone it down

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Post by codingvelocity »

munchor wrote: post #8

One thing that's missing here is video camera feed. As an interviewer, I don't turn on my webcam and I don't expect the candidate to do it (although they can if they want to). However, I've heard different people have different opinions on this. It's definitely something that could go on this list for phone interviews. Of course, intra-US interviews are usually done over the phone but when the interviews are across c…

This seems quite odd to me. I work with people remotely and on site, and it's amazing how much better communication is when both parties turn their webcam on. Body language conveys things that tone, and words don't

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Post by Melchizedek »

pavlov wrote: post #15

I can’t think of any other field where highly paid adult professionals willingly submit to interviews that treat them like autistic 15-year-olds. Makes sense for the companies, of course.

I suspect part of the cause is the prevalence of asperger-like personalities in the IT-field.

No emotionally mature adult would conduct an interview like that, unless forced to. It would be completely unacceptable in any other professional field.

Re: Coding Interview Cheatsheet

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Post by yangshun »

kevmo314 wrote: post #5

> Defensive coding. Check for nulls, empty collections, etc. While this is important to avoid bugs in your algorithm, I've had candidates who spent way too long on this and it comes across as inexperienced. I don't really care that you know how to check null-ness, if you just mention "assume the parameter is not null", it's more than sufficient to me.

Thank you for the feedback, I have tweaked the wording accordingly (:
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