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> Students are expected to put in tons of hours "grinding" study sessions for interviews. You should never study for interviews. If the company isn't asking qu
by driverdan 8y ago
> Students are expected to put in tons of hours "grinding" study sessions for interviews.
You should never study for interviews. If the company isn't asking questions relevant to the work or you can't answer those types of questions then it's best to not work there.
General interview skills are different than studying CS problems.
- Konnstann 8y agoAre you making a distinction between studying interviewing skills and preparing for specific interviews? I think studying the company you want to work for is a key part of making a good impression.
- dabockster 8y ago> If the company isn't asking questions relevant to the work or you can't answer those types of questions then it's best to not work there. Tell that to every company in the Seattle area. They all seem to think that Hackerrank-ing everyone is a good way to hire because the bigger companies do it. It's an evolution of "nobody got fired for buying IBM" but instead they're buying the interview methods that Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft are using.
- pmiller2 8y agoIn a perfect world, where my bills got paid and there was food on my table regardless of whether I passed someone’s arbitrary screening questions, I would never study for an interview. It’s stupid and encourages companies to design bad interviews. But that’s not the world we live in.