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This is pretty much why I hate the idea of applying for a job. Supposing I get the interview, based on my past experience there's at least a 80% chance I won't

This is pretty much why I hate the idea of applying for a job. Supposing I get the interview, based on my past experience there's at least a 80% chance I won't get the job. I never got feedback for any of my "no hires" so I just have to assume they will all turn out that way. The lack of feedback makes me just assume every interview is a crapshoot and there's nothing I can do to try and improve.

msg 16y ago
You're playing the wrong game.
russell 16y ago
As a consultant, I got to do lots of interviews. I found that questions and programming problems go in fads or cycles. I often get the same programming problem at more than one company. After an interview, I go over the problems to see if I can tighten up the code, or to see what the nut is. If I am weak or unsure about one of my answers, I immediately go over the literature to understand the domain. The same question is sure to come up again. A couple of years ago it was the new java concurrency. This yea, not a single question about Java concurrency. But I did get FizzBuzz. :-)