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Beyond other advice (e.g. therapist). 1. It's worth keeping in mind that different companies have different kinds of interviews. You might do worse at some but
by itamarst 8y ago
Beyond other advice (e.g. therapist).
1. It's worth keeping in mind that different companies have different kinds of interviews. You might do worse at some but better at others. So one thing you can do is try different kinds.
2. There are places you can _practice_ interviewing, which means you can see how you're doing and learn without the pressure of actually trying to get a job. https://interviewing.io https://interviewing.io and https://pramp.com https://pramp.com. You might get occasional jerk interviewer, but if you treat it as exercise it should be less stressful.
- itamarst 8y ago3. Is there another team at work you can transfer to?
- itamarst 8y ago4. If you're an underrepresented minority you might be suffering from some form of (potentially unconscious) bias. Even if not, none of this is a judgement on you as a person or you as a programmer, it's just that the way many companies interview people are almost biased against people who get nervous. E.g. I've known people with PhDs in computer science from top university who had this problem, and consider https://twitter.com/danluu/status/1058029337923014656 https://twitter.com/danluu/status/1058029337923014656