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by soham 11y ago
Agreed, but what is my option? I can't expect companies to just talk about what I've done, take it at face value and hand me a lucrative job. Not to mention that things change in tech so often.
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by soham 11y ago
Well said. That's exactly why it pays to prepare for coding interviews. If companies are not going to be thoughtful about interviewing, candidates can either reject those companies, or prepare for those interviews. My belief is that if
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FindBugs Bug Descriptions(findbugs.sourceforge.net)
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by soham 11y ago
Practice is the key. Without practice, even communication isn't easy when you're being judged. For core or senior engineering roles at big Internet companies, you're generally competing with candidates who have practiced for
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Choose Concurrency-Friendly Data Structures (2008)(drdobbs.com)
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by soham 11y ago
This got two down-votes. I wonder why. Downvoters care to explain?
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by soham 11y ago
http://InterviewKickstart.com | Sunnyvale, CA | Onsite | Evenings/Weekends | 4-10 hrs a week Interview Kickstart is my passion-business that focuses on preparing software engineers for technical interviews at top-tier compa
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by soham 11y ago
Very well said. Interviews are not standardized tests. They are closer to a date/sale, than they are to a test. Same answer in an interview is likely to be interpreted differently by different people, very much like you're on a da
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by soham 11y ago
They don't do it for the job offers :-) They do it because it's a challenge. An amazing mind-bending challenge. Just a chance to compete with some of the smartest people in the trade, stays with you for life. At http://
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by soham 11y ago
Neat. I wish there were a collection of such things, where data-structures and algorithms are used in real life (or even at places where it's not visible in everyday life, like inside the Operating Systems). At http://interv
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by soham 11y ago
Realize that an interview is more like a date, and the question is merely a means to a conversation. i.e. the interviewer depends as much on the interviewER, as it does on the interviewEE. i.e. The questions you ask do matter, but what matt
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by soham 11y ago
Realize that an interview is more like a date, and the question is merely a means to a conversation. i.e. the interview depends as much on the interviewER, as it does on the interviewEE. Questions matter, but what matters far more, is how t
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by soham 11y ago
Very well said. Same experience here, running http://InterviewKickstart.com . Having a background in CS is very helpful and often the differentiator in how palatable you find Google/FB interviews vs not. Without CS backgroun
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by soham 11y ago
It's very important to understand three things about (tech) interview process: 1. Hiring at scale is a VERY different problem from hiring slower. When we were looking for 25 engineers a quarter at Box or eBay, there were very few metho
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by soham 11y ago
Very very unlikely. Realize that an interview is not a standardized test. It's a date. Most candidates make the mistake of thinking that it's a test, which leads to a lot of agony. When you dig deeper, you'll likely realize t
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by soham 11y ago
Not exactly what you are looking for, but maybe close; check http://InterviewKickstart.com . I believe that most engineers fail in interviews not because they are incapable, but because they underestimate the prep required. And p
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by soham 11y ago
At the tech interview bootcamp [ http://InterviewKickstart.com ], here is how we think about it: * The interviewer is looking to break the ice and also get to know what to ask you next. * For you, it's an elevator pitch, and
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by soham 11y ago
In fact, this is the 4th time (See here: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=http:%2F%2Fblog.alinelerner.co... ) It's a well researched article, so I don't mind per se. [me: http://InterviewKickstart.com ]
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by soham 11y ago
Thanks David. This is pretty good. I'll start recommending this service to students in our interview prep bootcamp ( http://interviewkickstart.com ), who want more practice. We also do intense practice and mock interviews, bu
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by soham 11y ago
I love the EPI book too. Have met the authors and can vouch for their competence and sincerity. If you can algorithmically solve the 300 questions from this book, you're in pretty good shape. Re: coding, given that most people are not
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by soham 11y ago
Best way, is to actually put yourself in a situation where you have to live the skills you're trying to get better at. i.e. I'd suggest you work a short (part-time) side stint in Sales or Customer support or Recruiting, especially
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by soham 11y ago
Best way to get better at interviewing, is to do more of it, preferably with someone to critique it. I doubt that books are going to help much. It's a very on-the-job-training thing. The more you interview, the more you get clarity abo
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by soham 11y ago
In life, it's often about picking from what's available to you at the time of making the choice, instead of what's optimal. Especially true of young people. Many engineers that come to me for interview training ( http:/&
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by soham 11y ago
When it comes to coding, there are many websites with good technical interview questions. I've cataloged some here: http://www.quora.com/Where-can-I-find-a-large-collection-of-... The OP is asking for SQL queries, whic
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There's more than one way to progress your software engineering career(mashable.com)
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by soham 11y ago
When you're small (startup), hiring is a reflection of founders' values. When you grow big, it's a reflection of your company's values. First hence, be clear about what your values are. It's not easy to figure those
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by soham 11y ago
In other words, your worth is equal to your replacement cost. Specialization helps because of demand/supply dichotomy. There is another option; grossly unpopular, but I have to lay it out: make a career in startups. You'll eventua
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by soham 11y ago
(Edited) Just to answer the narrow question you ask: If you want to do a variety of work in your next job, then your best bet is an early stage startup. They will value the breadth more than larger companies, for obvious reasons. (Working a
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by soham 11y ago
http://InterviewKickstart.com is looking for a part-time grader to grade homework. REMOTE ok. Hourly. At InterviewKickstart, we conduct a rigorous bootcamp to prepare for technical interviews at small and big career-launching te
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by soham 11y ago
Yes, regularly. Valley has a very short attention span. NG isn't in the list of hip sexy companies. Same goes with profiles from Cisco, VMWare, Intel, Synposys, IBM, and pretty much all the big companies that were pinnacles of business

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