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Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by tomp on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:06PM (#23850946)
> You're missing the quality they're actually testing for: ability to study and dedicate yourself to a task. Or in other words work ethic

TIL I've been "hacking" all their "tests" :D acing them just by curiosity & interest in computers in general, a bit of intelligence and a lot of laziness!

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Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by marcinzm on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:35PM (#23851339)
FAANG or other companies? FAANG interviews tend to be timed enough that even if you're intelligent enough to come up with a solution you won't have enough time if you haven't studied. On average you'll get roughly 17 minutes to solve, explain and code a leetcode medium with optimal efficiency and no bugs. Either that or 35 minutes to do a leetcode easy followed by a hard. Again with optimal efficiency and no bugs.
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Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by tomp on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @05:14PM (#23851930)
Other companies. Yeah FAANG is probably trickier. Part of the reason I haven’t ever applied is that I cannot be bothered to study. In addition, their salaries aren’t that overwhelming in Europe so why bother...
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Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by disgruntledphd2 on Thursday July 16, 2020 @08:11AM (#23858167)
The stock grants are very, very good, especially in an insane market like we have right now.
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