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other context for that interview: it was the first and hopefully the only time in my life where i had to type python code in a google doc, with interviewer copying it and running it in their interpreter
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cinci zoo sniper posted:other context for that interview: it was the first and hopefully the only time in my life where i had to type python code in a google doc, with interviewer copying it and running it in their interpreter When (not if, because lol) that happens to me I hope I have the fortitude to just hang up on their asses, honestly.
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Sep 26, 2021 10:37
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Armitag3 posted:When (not if, because lol) that happens to me I hope I have the fortitude to just hang up on their asses, honestly. it was without warning too - i was invited for a “chat”, that turned out to be in an hour long leetcoding session in google docs. the position was interesting enough that i just went with it and then gave recruiter an earful, but the subsequent interviews were even worse and i just walked off
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Sep 26, 2021 11:38
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cinci zoo sniper posted:other context for that interview: it was the first and hopefully the only time in my life where i had to type python code in a google doc, with interviewer copying it and running it in their interpreter One of my first interviews out of uni involved coding up a solution to a problem but written out fresh off the cuff with pen and paper, making heavy use of the STL, in valid C++ with accurate #includes/semicolons/namespaces and whatnot, while they watched. After I wrote it up they disappeared for a few minutes, then came back and told me about all of the syntax errors and finished off with a C++/STL esoterica trivia test. On the upside it put me off ever interviewing for a C++ job again
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Sep 26, 2021 12:04
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toiletbrush posted:lol if that was supposed to be part of the challenge rather than just the interviewer being totally inept. actually lol either way please tell me you did finish university in 1980 or something
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Sep 26, 2021 12:20
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cinci zoo sniper posted:please tell me you did finish university in 1980 or something
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Sep 26, 2021 12:46
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toiletbrush posted:lol if that was supposed to be part of the challenge rather than just the interviewer being totally inept. actually lol either way jesus loving christ
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Sep 26, 2021 14:38
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huhu posted:Yesterday was my last day. Today they laid off 30% of the company, 50% of the engineers. My glass of "I told yall so" tastes real good tonight. Just got an offer that's between $40k and $80k a year better than my previous job depending on how the stock price does (last job was an awful startup and no benefits, now I have the same salary plus ESPP, sign on bonus, RSUs, and a ton of other benefits). Stock grew by over 100% last year so fingers crossed. Took a bunch of great interview questions from this thread, so that you all for the advice.
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Sep 26, 2021 15:52
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silvergoose posted:jesus loving christ Oh hey I had an interview like that about a year back, C++ and everything too. It was for a video software and camera company, a pretty high-profile one. My handwriting is poo poo which I assume didn't help, suffice to say I didn't get far. e: something something dodged bullet e2: the company name may or may not be similar to "mlack bagic design" Private Speech fucked around with this message at 16:12 on Sep 26, 2021 |
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Sep 26, 2021 16:02
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cinci zoo sniper posted:i implemented interview problem in 2 ways - o(nlogn) and o(n). they told me o(nlogn) is faster than o(n), and instructed me to further improve the former variant. Where do you get all these interviews caring about big O? Is there an undergrowth of people caring a lot ?
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Sep 26, 2021 16:22
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champagne posting posted:Where do you get all these interviews caring about big O? PornHub
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Sep 26, 2021 16:30
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cinci zoo sniper posted:and instructed me to further improve the former variant. look at it. look at how wrong i was and be in awe. goddrat thats bad FMguru posted:"when someone tells you who they are, believe them" yeah v_v
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Sep 26, 2021 16:31
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champagne posting posted:Where do you get all these interviews caring about big O? Is there an undergrowth of people caring a lot ? ive been getting a handful of less generic ml engineer ads (e.g. high frequency real time inference or unusual algorithm implementation) fired my way in the last couple of months, and pretty much every single one wanted to hear some classical data structure/algorithm reasoning from me. which makes sense, since i would not only have to write computationally solid python code initially, but also take it closer to metal where appropriate, going beyond my current comfort zone stack-wise
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Sep 26, 2021 17:05
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Menacer posted:i would absolutely assume that someone who said incompetent poo poo in a professional setting is actually incompetent. i have been burned so much in my career by assuming that someone saying stupid poo poo has some deeper reason for it, or they're joking, or whatever. you know that it's ok to be wrong, right?
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Sep 26, 2021 17:09
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cinci zoo sniper posted:i had to type python code in a google doc, with interviewer copying it and running it in their interpreter toiletbrush posted:One of my first interviews out of uni involved coding up a solution to a problem but written out fresh off the cuff with pen and paper, making heavy use of the STL, in valid C++ with accurate #includes/semicolons/namespaces and whatnot, while they watched. After I wrote it up they disappeared for a few minutes, then came back and told me about all of the syntax errors and finished off with a C++/STL esoterica trivia test. We need  but it keeps growing every cycle until it takes over the entire screen.
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Sep 26, 2021 17:46
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Blinkz0rz posted:you know that it's ok to be wrong, right? absolutely. but why would i give the benefit of the doubt to the interviewer in an interview setting?
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Sep 26, 2021 17:56
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Menacer posted:absolutely. but why would i give the benefit of the doubt to the interviewer in an interview setting? idk unless the interviewer is a jerk that doubles down on being wrong it could just be that they don't know
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Sep 26, 2021 18:00
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Blinkz0rz posted:idk unless the interviewer is a jerk that doubles down on being wrong it could just be that they don't know sounds like a hosed up interview if they're coming in and asking questions they don't know anything about.
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Sep 26, 2021 18:06
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Plorkyeran posted:it is true that a nlogn algorithm can be faster than the n algorithm for the values of n that you care about, and it is also true that logn is less than one when n is one, but those two facts aren't actually connected and the second isn't the reason why the first is true
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Sep 26, 2021 18:21
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The actual exam only cared about correctness, not performance. The three questions were stepwise refinement problems like I'm used to, but they were each very long. I only got the first of the three questions complete and correct, so my score was 39%. I spent a big chunk of time, 20-30 minutes, because I forgot that Python's .split() can't split by multiple delimiters like other languages I've studied since learning it, before I realized what I'd done. I used the regular expression module, re, because it came up while studying Web Scraping with Python, but the problem could have been done without it. Other than that, it was all Computer Science I stuff, just with longer problems. I wish I'd read all three questions before tackling the problems, because I felt more confident about the third one than the second one. The site says my test will be reviewed before October 6. edit: The third problem involved sorting by date/time, and I have never done that before, so that probably would have been a stumbling block as well. galenanorth fucked around with this message at 14:28 on Sep 27, 2021 |
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Sep 27, 2021 01:02
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champagne posting posted:Where do you get all these interviews caring about big O? Is there an undergrowth of people caring a lot ? every single interview i've had with a "big boy" tech company (and those aspiring to be one) asked about Big O to some extent. probably some faang started it and everyone else just cargo culted
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Sep 27, 2021 02:37
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qsvui posted:every single interview i've had with a "big boy" tech company (and those aspiring to be one) asked about Big O to some extent. probably some faang started it and everyone else just cargo culted i mean its been true for years? though what i find particularly hilarious is how few places by comparison will ask "why is it correct?". this is not and probably was never a good interview q, but i used to ask years ago something like the following code:
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Sep 27, 2021 03:03
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qsvui posted:every single interview i've had with a "big boy" tech company (and those aspiring to be one) asked about Big O to some extent. probably some faang started it and everyone else just cargo culted to be fair, knowing the difference between an O(n^2) operation and an O(2^n) operation is really important even if you're just a data plumber. algo complexity is one of those cs topics that's actually reasonable to check in interviews
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Sep 27, 2021 15:50
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There's a big difference between checking for an understanding of complexity and the song and dance routines we have in place now.
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Sep 27, 2021 15:57
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going into a google phone screen tomorrow with absolutely zero ambition lol
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Sep 28, 2021 01:04
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I’m more worried about being able to fake some enthusiasm than getting asked some bullshit smarty pants questions
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Sep 28, 2021 01:07
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AWWNAW posted:going into a google phone screen tomorrow with absolutely zero ambition lol AWWNAW posted:I’m more worried about being able to fake some enthusiasm than getting asked some bullshit smarty pants questions wait are you me
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Sep 28, 2021 01:57
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imma have to stop being so humble and start standing up for myself and my skills I reckon reality is : real life echi rules. he’s good at all sorts of poo poo and real good at loads of poo poo others arent, and have a reasonably unique set of skills that others don’t I just gotta make this clear, and make it count. and get my fingers in as many pies as possible
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Sep 28, 2021 04:19
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wait, the last time you tried that didn't you put your finger up a girls rear end at a burger king?
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Sep 28, 2021 04:21
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Sep 28, 2021 04:48
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that story has been butchered and no.. that did not happen
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Sep 28, 2021 04:50
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echinopsis posted:get my fingers in as many pies as possible 
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Sep 28, 2021 04:54
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turns out it was actually a mcdonalds
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Sep 28, 2021 05:18
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 290 the other day was giving me poo poo for a change and retold part of that story utterly wrong and now it’s canon. fml
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Sep 28, 2021 05:22
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i haven't seen anybody post about it since it was your custom av. has nothing to do with jonny
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Sep 28, 2021 05:23
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until about a couple days ago when 290 said something like “fingering bum hole in burgerking”, no one ever said anything about fingering in burger king the story involves fingers in bums AND burgerking but that didn’t happen in burgerking i need to write an saclopedia about it so people can keep their facts straight
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Sep 28, 2021 05:28
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sorry man seriously doesn't ring a bell. i'm like 99% sure that's literally how you told the story
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Sep 28, 2021 05:31
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if you want to dig up the original post and i'm wrong i'll admit it but i'm not gonna hold my breath
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Sep 28, 2021 05:32
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gently caress man why don’t you just believe me. i’ve told the story at least three or four times going back to early 2010s like i know my reputation here is on thin ice but one thing I don’t tend to do is lie what purpose would it serve for me to try to change the story this long after it’s been in existence?
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plus if the story was like that it’d just be gross it’s far more embarrassing and cringe inducing the way it actually happened
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