Show HN: Free, anonymous coding interview practice
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Show HN: Free, anonymous coding interview practice
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Re: Show HN: Free, anonymous coding interview practice
#2I love this! Too many of my friends who are great engineers melt down completely when faced with an actual interview for various reasons.
But I do wonder if I could put this to use in freelancing as well. Sometimes clients, especially early-stage startups, go for a very normal-technical-interview approach to hiring freelancers
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#3Good idea! It leapfrogs the scores of existing "code interview practice tools" that give you a problem and a text editor and do some auto-validation on your answer by providing a human element. Something like this seems like a more relevant kind of practice.
How does the business model here work? Are interviewers paid? Are you planning on eventually expanding into recruiting?
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#4This is very interesting. This is one of the few actual disruptions that I've seen in the interviewing/hiring space.
One small issue: I don't know what I'm getting into when I join the waiting list. I understand what the site is about, if I join will I suddenly be asked to take an interview next Friday? It would be nice to know a little more about the process.
Re: Show HN: Free, anonymous coding interview practice
#5Good idea! It leapfrogs the scores of existing "code interview practice tools" that give you a problem and a text editor and do some auto-validation on your answer by providing a human element. Something like this seems like a more relevant kind of practice. How does the business model here work? Are interviewers paid? Are you planning on eventually expanding into recruiting?
hey, good question. right now, interviewers aren't paid, but that may change. re business model, ultimately, i'd like to have this platform be something companies can use to find candidates rather than relying on proxies like pedigree (or resume, for that matter!).
Re: Show HN: Free, anonymous coding interview practice
#6This is very interesting. This is one of the few actual disruptions that I've seen in the interviewing/hiring space. One small issue: I don't know what I'm getting into when I join the waiting list. I understand what the site is about, if I join will I suddenly be asked to take an interview next Friday? It would be nice to know a little more about the process.
thanks. i really hope it is too!
re what you're getting, i'll update the copy, but all that's gonna happen is that you'll get an email with an invite once we're ready for more users. nothing will ever be scheduled without your permission, and of course, no one will ever get your info.
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#7This is a very promising idea.
I always crack when it comes to algorithm type question. I am aware of some of the run of the mill ones like, write a palindrome detector, bubble sort.
However, I still can't figure out the crazy hard ones like:
In a pyramid of numbers, write an algorithm to find the path to the biggest sum. Write a method to produce pascal's triangle. Given a grid, where X = wall, O = space, write an algorithm to figure how big the room is and so on....
My biggest gripe is knowing that these type of questions will kick my ass and not being able to prepare because you are already supposed to know this from your comp sci courses, which I've never been to as I have been self taught through making my own software, and learning as I went along.
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#8This is a very promising idea. I always crack when it comes to algorithm type question. I am aware of some of the run of the mill ones like, write a palindrome detector, bubble sort. However, I still can't figure out the crazy hard ones like: In a pyramid of numbers, write an algorithm to find the path to the biggest sum. Write a method to produce pascal's triangle. Given a grid, where X = wall, O = space, write an a…
If you're a naturally competitive sort of person, you should try doing TopCoder and Google Code Jam. I also skipped formal CS education and when I was roughly at your level of ability I found that doing TopCoder SRMs in particular taught me a nice toolbox of common approaches to algorithmic problems.
Re: Show HN: Free, anonymous coding interview practice
#9This is very interesting. This is one of the few actual disruptions that I've seen in the interviewing/hiring space. One small issue: I don't know what I'm getting into when I join the waiting list. I understand what the site is about, if I join will I suddenly be asked to take an interview next Friday? It would be nice to know a little more about the process.
A walkthrough video would be nice. I've never had a "technical interview" and don't know what it entails, for example. Should there maybe be a pre-testing phase to weed out those who could simply not approach the level that could pass the technical interview?
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#10I can easily see the benefit it provides for the interviewees, but what's in it for the interviewers?