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A comment on Ask HN: How to lead a stable, happy career as a bad interviewee?.

Re:Ask HN: How to lead a stable, happy career as a bad inter... by bentona on Monday May 13, 2019 @06:29PM (#19904649)
> The more time I spend looking for jobs and practicing interviews, the more I see them as a distraction, because I don't see them paying off.

I'm wondering why this is. As a programmer, presumably you are good at learning. Also, it's generally accepted that getting good at interviewing provides a high return on investment. Are you confident that you've been focused on the right aspects of interview skill improvement?

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Re:Ask HN: How to lead a stable, happy career as a bad inter... by Fire-Dragon-DoL on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @02:12AM (#19907179)
I might be able to answer that. I have terrible memory, so it's hard to remember in every detail, all steps for certain algorithms. My brain is great at indexing (I remember where I can find a link to a given article explaining that), and I'm good at offsetting my disability with bookmarks, tags and notes on the books I read.

All this works great on the real job and sucks terribly for interviewing (and school tests)!

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