Re:How to win the coding interview
by crispyambulance on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @09:48AM
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I think folks are getting hung up on nitpicking the comments. I never heard of anyone getting rejected strictly because of a stray unnecessary comment in a code test for hiring.
Any interviewee is going to make assumptions about what the interviewer wants. Some of these assumptions will be wrong and some will not be worth the time to ask about (like commenting style). If the interviewee solved the problem and/or displayed a desirable level of competence that's good enough. Interviewers do the coding exercise merely to screen out people that have grossly misrepresented their skills.
On the internet folks like to imagine they're in a position to "immediately reject" a job applicant because of a single "red-flag" that indicates some profound shortcoming. This is rarely the case.
Any interviewee is going to make assumptions about what the interviewer wants. Some of these assumptions will be wrong and some will not be worth the time to ask about (like commenting style). If the interviewee solved the problem and/or displayed a desirable level of competence that's good enough. Interviewers do the coding exercise merely to screen out people that have grossly misrepresented their skills.
On the internet folks like to imagine they're in a position to "immediately reject" a job applicant because of a single "red-flag" that indicates some profound shortcoming. This is rarely the case.