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Do more interviews. It’s the only way to get used to it.
by nobodyandproud 7y ago
Do more interviews. It’s the only way to get used to it.
- hobs 7y agoThis "might" work - but there's plenty of people that no matter the number of interviews they flop sweat, forget, and generally feel fight or flight reactions, though medication might help. I have trained a lot of people and you see similar stuff with test anxiety - even if it is the easiest, open book, no pressure situation, I have had people openly weep and quit their job - the internal pressure is just too great.
- dragonwriter 7y agoStatistically, a substantial portion of the candidate pool will be on the low end of th curve there, even if they adopt that strategy, and even assuming it's an adequate way of dealing with the issue individually in the log term. So, unless the intent is to test for interviewing experience, the test isn't doing what it is designed to do, and is a bad test.
- lhnz 7y agoI hope this works. I am doing leetcode.com interview questions in my evening and definitely getting better at these. But, as I said, the problem is that when I feel under the magnifying glass, basic cognitive skills like being able to read what's on the screen, or remember a syntax I've used for a decade can escape me. If I was making mistakes on hard problems, I'd be more accepting. What I get in interviews is similar to forgetting super common words that you use every day ("thingamabob" doesn't gain the interviewer's trust).