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Re:Ask YC: Does interviewing developers leave you depressed? by allenbrunson on Friday August 07, 2009 @11:18AM (#747700)
oh man, this is my downfall as well. hearing stories about the way google conducts interviews convinces me that i'll never get in there, or anywhere like it.

i'm perfectly willing to write code as part of a job interview. just not on a whiteboard or over the phone.

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Re:Ask YC: Does interviewing developers leave you depressed? by _pius on Friday August 07, 2009 @11:55AM (#747782)
i'm perfectly willing to write code as part of a job interview. just not on a whiteboard or over the phone.

why not on a whiteboard?

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Re:Ask YC: Does interviewing developers leave you depressed? by tocomment on Friday August 07, 2009 @12:08PM (#747819)
Like I mentioned, I just get flustered when people are watching me, or want me to speak my though process aloud.

Those skills, (being able to code complex problems when people are watching) have never been a requirement of any job I've seen so I've come out of many interviews feeling that they got an inaccurate picture of my skills.

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Re:Ask YC: Does interviewing developers leave you depressed? by lutorm on Friday August 07, 2009 @12:30PM (#747887)
It's a skill that can be practiced, though. And it might come in handy in general discussions, not just in job interviews.
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Re:Ask YC: Does interviewing developers leave you depressed? by mmc on Friday August 07, 2009 @12:57PM (#747956)
With some preparation, you can transform the problem from one that may not be part of your job (solving completely new problems in front of an audience) to one that certainly will - explaining your solution clearly to an audience.

If you try hard enough, you can be familiar with likely interview questions and then the problem is how best to present your solution, which is an important skill, and one worth practicing.

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Re:Ask YC: Does interviewing developers leave you depressed? by kscaldef on Friday August 07, 2009 @02:02PM (#748160)
Really? You never get together in a room with other devs to talk through & pseudocode a solution to a tough problem?
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Re:Ask YC: Does interviewing developers leave you depressed? by tocomment on Friday August 07, 2009 @02:22PM (#748210)
Yeah, I guess it's different with people I know. And to already be familiar with the problem helps too.

But to solve something say from project Euler on a whiteboard in front of three strangers and talk about my thought process at the same time, that's hard.

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