Subj : Are you a programmer? These interview tips may help
To : MRO
From : Digital Man
Date : Thu Oct 31 2019 10:21 pm
Re: Are you a programmer? These interview tips may help
By: MRO to Digital Man on Thu Oct 31 2019 11:10 pm
> Re: Are you a programmer? These interview tips may help
> By: Digital Man to All on Thu Oct 31 2019 08:12 pm
>
> > I found myself interviewing for programming ("coding") and related
> > managemen positions again this past summer - in small/mid-size networking
> > and device companies to the massive corporations you know and love/hate
> > (e.g. FAANG) an whom employ more software engineers than all the rest
> > combined!
> so how do you feel about jumping through hoops at interviews?
Not too fun, but that's the field you have to run through these days.
> is this something new in your field?
The CS/algo-focused questions are relatively new to me - I first encountered them during a job search 2.5 years ago, but mainly at the bigger firms (FAANG). Now, it seems that method of interviewing has trickled down to everyone else, probably because they learned it from their experience interviewing at or working for the big names (e.g. Google) and now it's just the norm.
> do you think it's because google was known to ask odd questions?
I think Google and the other biggest tech companies' style has a definite influence on other companies (copy success, why not?). I'm not a fan of riddles and word problems, especially. Most people are stressed while interviewing and not on their best game, so it's not really fair to be asking them tricky riddles while in that state and judging their intelligence based on their answer. But it happens, so you have to prepare and practice for it. <shrug>
> i have picked up some part time jobs and even for jobs that dont pay well it
> seems like they try to get you off guard with interview questions.
Oh, I've had weird experiences going all the way back to the late 80's. I remember one interviewer just stopped talking and stared at me for a solid minute. I just stared right back. I guess I passed that test because he made me a job offer (which I declined). But I've been asked some weird questions over the years.
> i was a professional job jumper from 18-28 because i worked regular jobs
> during the winter and then worked at my family's motels during the summer so
> it didnt faze me much. i thought it was funny when they asked what my boss
> would say bad about me. like i would tell them. i told them all my reviews
> have been good for over 15 years so i must be doing something right and i
> didnt lie.
You *told* them you didn't lie, or you actually didn't lie? :-)
> i'm supposed to be a tech for a weather station for a solar farm soon. they
> are dragging their feet with building the station. i just applied because it
> seemed interesting and it was super flexable.
Good luck!
digital man
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