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> I'd simply announce that I'm a web developer and not a algorithms person A while ago I was invited at a startup for a casual discussion about an open positio
by tbassetto 10y ago
> I'd simply announce that I'm a web developer and not a algorithms person
A while ago I was invited at a startup for a casual discussion about an open position they had (front-end developer). I went because I knew several employees and they were nice. The casual discussion turned out to be several questions about UDP/TCP and writing algorithms on a blackboard (counting leaves in a tree, finding is a word is an anagram, etc.). Nothing really hard, but quite disconnected from the day-to-day job of a front-end developer.
- vinceguidry 10y agoI hear about the whole 'casual discussion turns into hardcore interview' ploy all the time, and curious about a better way to respond to it. It's not a serious knock on company culture, but it is impolite. I'd probably overlook it if I didn't have a current job, but would write off the company if I was already employed. I don't think it warrants a walk-out.