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I got laid off for the first time ever a few months back. Still looking for a job. Silver lining: it's been really informative to see the ways in which I'm fa
by CoastalCoder 3y ago
I got laid off for the first time ever a few months back. Still looking for a job.
Silver lining: it's been really informative to see the ways in which I'm failing interviews. It's painful, but I have enough info for taking corrective measures.
- xupybd 3y agoThat's a great attitude you'll get there! Just remember sometimes it's not that you're doing anything wrong. Sometimes it just takes time for an opportunity to open up.
- CoastalCoder 3y agoI appreciate the encouragement, but in my particular case I'm pretty clear on where I goofed: - For two of the positions, I wanted to get more into LLVM (internals) development, but didn't have enough prior experience to get the position. - For one position, I had to give a presentation on some aspects of an LLVM back end. I think my presentation was just too clunky. I used too much of my prep time getting up to speed, leaving not enough time for putting together a reasonable presentation. Or I just didn't know enough about LLVM back ends (at the time) for the position; hard to know. - For one position (Waymo), I did badly on a live programming exercise. I hate them, but it seems clear that I need to spend some Saturdays practicing LeetCode-type problems. At least if I want to work for an Alphabet company.
- sangnoir 3y agoThe randomness of interviews is whwt startled me when I started paying attention. Inused tobthink interviewing were meritocratic. But interviews are affected by randomness more than I imagined: interviewer/interviewee's mood, or being asked a hard question that's incidentally similar to something you've tackled can result in different impressions.