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I've been in interviews where I felt like the interviewer went a little power-hungry with the situation. For example: Interviewer: "How you implement this c
by tjdetwiler 14y ago
I've been in interviews where I felt like the interviewer went a little power-hungry with the situation.
For example:
Interviewer: "How you implement this calculator program?"
Me: "Well I would try to read a number...."
Interviewer: "HA! You cannot assume the type of input"
Me "Okay, fair enough... does the input reflect a valid math expression?"
Interviewer: "Of course, why would you ask such a question."
In the moment I really felt like the (relatively young) interviewer way trying to lead me in the wrong direction, and then when I realized I needed to make no assumptions, criticized me for trying to clarify other parts of the problem.
I didn't get that job, but after that experience I was hardly disappointed.
- monksy 14y agoI've been on interviews like that. Its a double edged sword. if you assume the worst about the input in the first place you're screwed. If you don't they'll bring it up later.
- planckscnst 14y agoSounds like a good solution would be to think about it while you create your solution, and when the bring it up, say somethint to the effect of "Yeah, I thought of that while I was working on it; you'd just do x and it's fixed."