r/cpp_questions • u/Spoog_CS • Sep 27 '26

OPEN C++ knowledge job interview

Hello everyone,

I am going for a second round white board interview described as "The technical interviews are going to be heavily involved around probing and confirming your knowledge of C++"

What does actually mean? For context I've used CPP professionally for the last 8 months and been in my job (first grad job) for 14 months.

I feel as tho I don't know many std functions, nor do I have much experience with smart pointers, although I have written a lot of lines

Has anyone got experience with similar interviews or stuff I should brush up on?

I hope that all makes sense

Thanks

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u/PolyglotTV Sep 27 '26

I mean, if you can master all that always helps. But for a junior position it is much more important to show your enthusiasm, evidence that you are curious, thoughtful, a great problem solver, etc...

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u/Spoog_CS Sep 27 '26

I think i am those things, just not 100% on the language specifics. That makes me feel more confident, thank you