In Bootcamp #9: Interview Day
In Bootcamp
English - March 28, 2019 03:26 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBEducation Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Matt's class has a break during the group project, then he tries the interview process for the first time and learns a lot about the process and himself.
Matt's class has a break during the group project, then he tries the interview process for the first time and learns a lot about the process and himself.
Classwork
New material is sort of on pause?
Groupwork
Recent drops in class
CS major?
Another team member
Group merges
How many have contributed so far?
Interview Day
Back at HackerX, you did get a callback to participate in a bulk Interview Day
You had a orientation call
Some sample coding prompts and study guide given
Then a day-before get together to meet folks from the business and meet other candidates
Then on Interview day in office
Breakfast and later lunch
A 4 hour “coding test”
What kind of questions? Mergesort?
Did you freeze or work on each as much as possible?
Were the prompts cryptic or okay?
Then a couple interviews
A question on tech
A question on soft skills
Results – Where do you go from here?
Was it worth it?
The realization of failure; no impediment to the future
Next time?
Attributions
Copyright
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This episode of In Bootcamp has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #529: IB #9 — Instentius Critazimum!
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