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Sounds like you know exactly what your problem is. Technical interviewing is just like normal problem solving, just you have to narrate your thoughts as if the

by azhu 7y ago

Sounds like you know exactly what your problem is. Technical interviewing is just like normal problem solving, just you have to narrate your thoughts as if the interviewer's inside your head with you. Get some sample problems that match what you're seeing in your onsites, roleplay having an interviewer there with you, and practice them while recording yourself. Best is if you can have a real human. If you're passionate enough, it would be a great idea to organize some kind of group for people in similar positions. Either you will learn the skill enough or you will find a position that fits your current skillset along the way. Being understood by other people is where the rubber meets the road for ideas having any impact and communicating your technical ideas is an important skill in general.

theelous3 6y ago
Aye, I hear you. I was giving it more thought over the last few days having written the above comment, and I realised that what happens in tech interviews is that I switch my mode of thinking. Under normal circumstances, I sit and problem solve, thinking only of the issue at hand, branching out and following leads and so on. Under interview circumstances, I instead try to anticipate what the person scrutinising me wants to see, and try to like, game an ungameable situation, which blocks my natural problem solving thinking. I have noticed that when I'm in a position of subordination, I do worse creatively. This isn't to say I can't work as employee, but rather in specific situations, such as "person knows x and is just watching me try to do x", I enter this reactive thought mode. Conversely, when I am in a superordinate position, I find myself much more creative than my baseline, thinking clearly and well. I don't know how to handle this for interviews.

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Sounds like you know exactly what your problem is. Technical interviewing is just like normal problem solving, just you have to narrate your thoughts as if the

by azhu 7y ago

theelous3 6y ago
Aye, I hear you. I was giving it more thought over the last few days having written the above comment, and I realised that what happens in tech interviews is that I switch my mode of thinking. Under normal circumstances, I sit and problem solve, thinking only of the issue at hand, branching out and following leads and so on. Under interview circumstances, I instead try to anticipate what the person scrutinising me wants to see, and try to like, game an ungameable situation, which blocks my natural problem solving thinking. I have noticed that when I'm in a position of subordination, I do worse creatively. This isn't to say I can't work as employee, but rather in specific situations, such as "person knows x and is just watching me try to do x", I enter this reactive thought mode. Conversely, when I am in a superordinate position, I find myself much more creative than my baseline, thinking clearly and well. I don't know how to handle this for interviews.