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Re:My startup failed, then I found out I was unemployable by ionwake on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @12:33PM (#26794939)
I have nearly 2 decades of experience and when I was asked to write a console log hello world app by a teenager and the CEO , who stared at me silently - well - I just couldnt bring myself to do it, fear of failure at such a simple task in such an OTT scenario mean I quit the interview on the spot as I did not want to know what the judgement could be.

Im not saying its right, just that it didnt come naturally to me to be in that situation.

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Re:My startup failed, then I found out I was unemployable by mixedCase on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @01:44PM (#26796176)
You should not be taking an interview so seriously that you freeze under such a situation.

If you feel it's out of your control, it could've just been a bad day, but you may be suffering from something like generalized anxiety or a similar problem, you might want to look into that with a health professional.

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Re:My startup failed, then I found out I was unemployable by ionwake on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @04:04PM (#26812318)
It wasn't anxiety as much as knowing that if I faltered even a little that this particularly interviewer would say no. I had not written fizz buzz in a few years and decided that the fact I thought about it for a few seconds meant I had already thrown the interview away.

Im just saying its thanks to my instinct that I have been so successful in my life, and I have never lost anything by refusing fizz buzz, yet have attained good things.

Maybe its survivorship bias.

It goes against my rules to proceed in interviews I think don't lend themselves to the situation.

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