Stories and Tips: Interviews with Facebook, Twitter, Amazon and Others

Re:Stories and Tips: Interviews with Facebook, Twitter, Amaz... by tstehle on Monday August 15, 2016 @07:02PM (#12294177)

My favorite is the ONANDA interview: the first time they ask about cycles in linked list and he tanks completely... then the next year he tries again, they ask the exact same question and he aces it.

So the trick to a good interview is... know the questions in advance so you can google them beforehand?

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Re:Stories and Tips: Interviews with Facebook, Twitter, Amaz... by mining on Monday August 15, 2016 @11:17PM (#12295321)

I'd say that this is kinda okay - if they'd asked him the same question, and he hadn't improved, it would've shown that he doesn't have much in the way of curiosity / doesn't want to improve.

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Re:Stories and Tips: Interviews with Facebook, Twitter, Amaz... by s3b on Tuesday August 16, 2016 @12:50AM (#12295603)

But they've just wasted 1 year. They should have tried to figure out if he has the required curiosity in the first interview itself.

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