Re:How to Pass a Programming Interview
by Someone on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @08:00PM
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"But do you really learn anything by asking the candidate if they can recite the time complexity of a moving window average algorithm"
No, but it may be a good question, anyways. A good interviewer probes you about things you might encounter in the job to find the point where you cannot recite things, and looks how you handle that.
Having said that, I don't understand the focus on coding interviews I read on HN. I don't know whether it is cultural difference between the USA and Europe, whether I just haven't noticed how you are supposed to prepare for interviews, or whether I am too smart to need to bother, but when I apply for a job, I look up what the company does, try to figure out what its culture is, but do not prepare for the technical side of things. An interview isn't a one-sided affair of you being quizzed, it is two parties figuring out whether they fit together,
No, but it may be a good question, anyways. A good interviewer probes you about things you might encounter in the job to find the point where you cannot recite things, and looks how you handle that.
Having said that, I don't understand the focus on coding interviews I read on HN. I don't know whether it is cultural difference between the USA and Europe, whether I just haven't noticed how you are supposed to prepare for interviews, or whether I am too smart to need to bother, but when I apply for a job, I look up what the company does, try to figure out what its culture is, but do not prepare for the technical side of things. An interview isn't a one-sided affair of you being quizzed, it is two parties figuring out whether they fit together,