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Re:Lambda School (YC S17) now pays eligible students $2k/month by hiei on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @10:59PM (#19375303)
RE: Those interviewing at Lambda (rejected)

Luck of the draw with who decides to interview you, I had a guy from the admissions team with zero enthusiasm essentially just reading off of a list of questions. I tried to answer well but giving off good energy from a dead duck is hard. I also was more practical with my answers of wanting to get into coding, jump in profession, curious, experience as a BA, writing technical docs and general data analysis. Each response by the interview was simply: "hmmm ok." Rejected around ten minutes after my TEN minute call. PS tell them you love coding, live and breathe it, etc.

Re:Lambda School (YC S17) now pays eligible students $2k/month by t0mmycollison on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @11:44PM (#19375527)
Hey there -- this isn't right, and I'd love to know more about what happened. Do you mind emailing me with more details? I'm [email protected]
Re:Lambda School (YC S17) now pays eligible students $2k/month by alkibiades on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @01:03AM (#19375877)
huh, didn't know there was another collison brother. you guys are like the weasleys.
Re:Lambda School (YC S17) now pays eligible students $2k/month by austenallred on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @01:30AM (#19375995)
Yes, the third brother isn’t quite as successful as the other two, who are brilliant. He works at a payments company in San Francisco.
Re:Lambda School (YC S17) now pays eligible students $2k/month by paxy on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @03:05AM (#19376384)
This is standard tech recruiting even outside of Lambda
Re:Lambda School (YC S17) now pays eligible students $2k/month by hiei on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @03:15PM (#19382479)
If it were an HR screening I would agree but I think there is some responsibility on the interviewer to remain engaged.