Re:I have over 500 commits in Rails and I failed the Shopify...
by dekhn on Monday February 07, 2022 @10:19AM
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I had somebody stop an interview like this once. I asked them how they could write a computer program that counted things (typically looking for a hash table with count values) and they immediately stopped and said they weren't expecting a leetcode interview. They later complained to my manager out of band. We offered them a chance to return, but if I'm gonna hire my boss, a head of computation, they are going to be able to use a hash table.
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Re:I have over 500 commits in Rails and I failed the Shopify...
by phendrenad2 on Monday February 07, 2022 @09:41PM
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Interesting, I suggest that people not be rude about it or go above people's heads, but be polite and explain the situation truthfully.
But now I'm curious, if the person was having a bad day, and thought they would do bad with either the hash table, or some second question you're likely to ask next, and they left the interview, and you offered to let them come back, and they rescheduled at a later date, would you still consider it a bad signal?
If that's the case, then I think my advice still stands, but it's better to move on to another company's interview process once you stop the interview. There are a lot of companies hiring out there.