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I completely agree that that's the best way to do an interview, without pressure and treating it as an intellectual exercise with some fun. Unfortunately FANGs
by pertymcpert 6y ago
I completely agree that that's the best way to do an interview, without pressure and treating it as an intellectual exercise with some fun. Unfortunately FANGs (well at least FB) have a tendency to mark you down mentally when you show any weakness. To them you're up against 10 other candidates who got to the right answer not only correctly, but fast.
- Google234 6y agoThey have to use some fair method to choose between those 10 people...
- mnd999 6y agoGetting to the right answer fast is only relevant if they asked the right questions. I think the point of the article is that interviewers are not asking the right questions.
- ZainRiz 6y agoWhile maybe that's true at FB (it's not true at Google), your brain flips a special bit if you convince yourself that there's no time crunch. There've been various studies done which show that individuals who are under pressure to perform any creative work actually have worse output in the same amount of time compared to people who're doing that exact same creative work for fun I think there's a famous study about people being asked to attach a candle to a wall with a box of nails that's the most well known example of this phenomenon. So even if what you say is true, it's in your best interest to forget that fact and focus on the fun