Impostor syndrome strikes men just as hard as women in technical interviews

Re:Impostor syndrome strikes men just as hard as women in te... by wuunderbar on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @01:49PM (#18393795)

> "wow I'm so lucky I got through that interview, there's no way I would pass it if I did it again today."

That's because most people wouldn't pass their interviews if you gave it to them again.

Unfortunately a lot of interviews these days are passed by grinding on LeetCode (that's not to say your experience doesn't get displayed in other forms) and then forgetting about these patterns & problems after.

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Re:Impostor syndrome strikes men just as hard as women in te... by askar_yu on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @01:58PM (#18393894)

What makes you imply that those who grind on Leetcode then forget?

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Re:Impostor syndrome strikes men just as hard as women in te... by ilikehurdles on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @02:13PM (#18394023)

I can confidently say that none of my technical interview practice has ever transferred to a useful skill in the job role, but I can confidently say it has helped me land jobs. Not using it definitely makes me forget it.

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Re:Impostor syndrome strikes men just as hard as women in te... by brandall10 on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @02:42PM (#18394262)

You don't forget, but you do fall out of practice doing what are essentially competitive programming exercises.

When you're in a situation in front of a whiteboard with 15-45 minutes to craft some algorithm it makes a ton of difference whether or you've been practicing.

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Re:Impostor syndrome strikes men just as hard as women in te... by gaius on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @02:00PM (#18393908)

Because these skills are use-it-or-lose-it. They will be LRU'd out by the skills you will actually use every day. I guarantee at your next job you will not have to roll your own red-black tree from scratch...

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