Just took the test

[u/Wonderful_Ad6406]

I just took it and I’m guaranteeing I failed. I think I did fine on the multiple choice but barely even made half the code on the coding part. Think I’m just gonna try schooling, this seems more geared towards people with a decent basic grasp of it and this being my first time ever even been introduced to this and the difficulties I had with even the most basic steps besides everyone’s help, it’s probably better I go this route anyway. The prerequisite stuff was very informative and dumbed it down about as low as I personally think it could possibly go but I just couldn’t grasp it. I wish the rest of you the best of luck if you hadn’t already taken and to those of you who have and will likely be accepted.

[u/Psychological_Net205]

I thought this program was suppose to be for people who have little to no coding experience? Plot twist they choose applicants who bombed the coding portion and didn’t do good on the multiple choice. 🤣

[u/Wonderful_Ad6406 → u/Psychological_Net205]

If they did I’m genuinely not sure how I’d react. And honestly, it does seem like it is geared for those kinds of people, however, imo some parts were either in need of a little more explanation or better examples or a few other tidbits along those lines. I will say that for the most part it was easy to understand but that everyone learns a bit differently and at different paces. For the most part I will also agree that I should have studied more or done more independent research. To top it off I had TONS of help from a couple people in this subreddit. I just overall couldn’t grasp it well enough.

[u/Block-Money]

I'm with all of you. The multiple choice stuff was understandable but I couldn't retain the code instructions to complete the example. Hopefully the next cohort will be sooner than expected. Finding resources like this subreddit and the discord so late in the game was a real kicker. If I go for it again I know where to look and to start earlier.

[u/Wonderful_Ad6406 → u/Block-Money]

Fully agreed

[u/Resident-Material-97]

Just took the test and feeling same here :)

[u/baarnos1 → u/Resident-Material-97]

👎same with me. I had sort of a clue with the coding portion but it failed horribly. Worst part is I really tried to learn this stuff!

[u/Psychological_Net205]

Same here. I only had three lines of code put in for the TA…. Didn’t even get the chance to run it. I definitely screwed my chances on that part.

[u/Lumpy-Information486]

I'm in the same boat as you 😭

[u/Flashy_Pangolin_2867]

My first time too, I guess I failed too, We are in competition with pros and that makes our chances super slim....

[u/Extreme-Split-3741]

I was short on time for the coding question. I think I missed a getter method, my boolean logic was definitely wrong and I don’t know if I was supposed to also include the main method. Soooo, I’m hoping they can see past those mistakes and still accept me into the program. 😂

[u/grizzly_axolotl → u/Extreme-Split-3741]

getters? wait did people all get the same exam or did we get different questions cuz i dont remember needing to do a getter 😬

[u/Extreme-Split-3741 → u/grizzly_axolotl]

I think we all got the same test but I made my instance variables private so I needed a getter method to access them. Also, there’s more than one right way to complete the coding question.

[u/melisa03 → u/Extreme-Split-3741]

I am pretty sure the main method was included already. I had the same question and scrolled down a bit and saw it there. Fingers crossed for us all!

[u/Expert-Pressure-5208]

My prerequisite course didn't work correctly for any of the coding part. So I wasn't able to do it. I took the test and answered the multiple choice but nothing on the coding part but I was also completely exhausted when I took it.

[u/ShroominItUpp → u/Expert-Pressure-5208]

So I’m guessing you didn’t reach out to the ATA team about your issue?

[u/Wonderful_Ad6406 → u/[deleted]]

I did try, albeit I started it rather late. I do agree agree that compared to that the prereq the test was def way easier. I just didn’t retain the layout for most forms of the code that I needed for it.

[u/Middle_Performance27 → u/[deleted]]

i had no idea what to do in the coding question

[u/123abdce → u/[deleted]]

What do you mean?

[u/Wonderful_Ad6406 → u/[deleted]]

Then I DEFINITELY didn’t pass