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Spot on! Or take the Funnyman scene from Boondock Saints where a criminal boss tells a guy, "They tell me you're a Funny Guy. Tell me a funny joke." "Now? A jok
by cableshaft 7y ago
Spot on! Or take the Funnyman scene from Boondock Saints where a criminal boss tells a guy, "They tell me you're a Funny Guy. Tell me a funny joke." "Now? A joke? Uh... um, uh... A joke. Yeah, alright. Um... <awkwardly starts an offensive joke>... I'm not funny today. I-I know. I'm havin' a hard day. I-I-I- This joke sucks. It's-it's-it's a stupid joke."
That's kind of like how I code when sitting down for an interview, whereas I have no problem otherwise. My coding looks like an awkwardly told joke (oftentimes).
If all I had to do was pick some code I had memorized and practiced and "perform it", i.e. type it out, then yeah, sure, no problem. But I get asked to come up with the answer to something on the spot, something I usually take a little time to settle into, maybe do some Googling, etc, and always seems to be something I missed when spending several days to a week refreshing my memory on what I think I'm going to be asked ahead of the interview.