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Re:My experience as a Gazan girl getting into Silicon Valley... by the_af on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @11:48PM (#26259810)
> I still see experienced engineers struggle

I've seen experienced engineers who I know for a fact can code and solve problems decently completely freeze and blank out during easy live coding challenges.

I think interviewing is a stressful situation. It's hard for reasons outside an applicant's knowledge or intelligence. Interviewing seems to be a skill in itself. I know I hate it... :(

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Re:My experience as a Gazan girl getting into Silicon Valley... by sethammons on Thursday February 25, 2021 @08:32AM (#26262522)
I give out a certain coding question to my candidates. I recently interviewed and was given the exact question - and I blanked! Like, this was a coding kata style problem that I’ve done in several languages and seen done in others. I just absolutely blanked. Brains are strange.
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