Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software skills: study

Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by WrtCdEvrydy on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @03:01PM (#23850025)

It means you're someone willing to spend two to three months on your life sucking a little dick for a chance to work at FAANG... the companies so good they've recommended 15 vacuum cleaners after purchasing one. How many hands do they think I actually have.

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Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by StavrosK on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @03:15PM (#23850221)

The answer is sixteen, you'd know that if you'd spent a bit of time practicing your addition interview questions.

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Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by WrtCdEvrydy on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @03:38PM (#23850535)

Damn it, back to grinding leetcode!

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Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by ergocoder on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @05:18PM (#23851999)

Boy, am I the only one who thinks working at FAANG is pretty great and worth the time practicing the interview?

The compensation is much better. The management is much better. The work life balance is much better.

I moved from SEA. Everything is worse there.

I read this and feel like people have unrealistic standard. FAANG isn't good enough? Working there for a year probably put your wealth of life at 0.1% of the world. That's not good enough?

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Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by Apocryphon on Thursday July 16, 2020 @02:14PM (#23861968)

That's why people join unicorns. All the comp and potential equity upside of FAANG, less bureaucracy, greater urgency, more sexy work or technologies.

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