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@lambda123 yea, same for me 😅 I'm a dev, not a CS teacher. I've never needed to know any of that theory in real life but I see how it's a good way for them to filter out some candidates.
Although I have over 10y experience, I never went to college so my knowledge of the theory is a burning dumbster. -
Voxera113973yHave they told you you failed?
A good interviewer would recognize brainfarts and take them for what they are and either ignore them or ask som followup questions. -
We all screw up, I've screwed up plenty of stuff I just should have known. Learn from it, then onwards and upwards!
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@Voxera no, not yet but I'm fairly confident they won't want me. Was the 2nd worst interview I ever had, I wouldn't even hire myself after that 😅
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on one tech interview, i screwed something up in the coding part too, and realized it on my way home, so as soon as i arrived (i didn't have mobile data) home, i sent them a mail explaining and containing a fix.
later when they hired me they said they took it as a big plus in making the decision. -
@Midnight-shcode it shows you're taking initiative and you actually care about that job I guess 👍
And it's out of the box to send in the solution out of the interview 😅 -
@just8littleBit yeah, that's basically what they said.
i didn't send the whole solution, just the fixed line or two in the mail.
but yeah, that's basically what they said.
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Just compleeeetteellyy messed up a technical interview.. stupid theory.. I can apply all that stuff but when I get asked to explain then . Well.. I messed up.
And the coding part, I had the right approach but had one big brainfart in it making the whole thing useless (pseudo code so couldnt test it). I realized just after the interview was finished..
I hate the feeling of failure.
Was a really nice position which is why I applied. Ah well, tonight is whiskey night I guess.
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