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Did you ask the company that rejected you what the reason was? Did they tell you that it was the programming task or did you just assume it was? It is very like
by ComradePhil 4y ago
Did you ask the company that rejected you what the reason was? Did they tell you that it was the programming task or did you just assume it was? It is very likely that you did well, but one of the other candidates was a better fit overall... or had previous fin-tech experience or was slightly more experience... or something similar.
You as a programmer aren't expected to know everything. If you encounter a company which expects you to know everything in a particular narrow area even though they know you have no prior experience in that exact area, you probably don't want to work with them anyway.
Just go to an interview, do your best and don't worry too much about it. You are either a good fit for them or you aren't... and there are either better candidates than you or there aren't. There's not much you can do about those factors.
- adecentcoder 4y agoThey gave direct feedback on aspects of the programming assessment, with both positive feedback and ultimately the reasons why they didn't take the process further (which essentially boiled down to lack of deep knowledge of how concurrency worked in a certain language). I guess my worry is that, like this one, I only apply to places I REALLY want to work at. Therefore if I don't get it, I feel like I've blown my shot and realistically can't apply again for another couple of years (whether thats true or not)