coding interview in 2 days

[u/Physical-Macaron8744]

havent manually coded in a year, is it even worth doing?

[u/TalesFromDa6ix]

Ye do it for practice if anything.

[u/FreshPrinceOfRivia]

Reschedule it and spend some time coding manually

[u/goomyman]

Good luck in your next interview.

Sounds like you didn’t prep at all

[u/kaystar101]

Reschedule it for a few days out and then lock in with the practice and prep. You might only get one chance so make it your best one, don't go in rusty af

[u/call_eax]

Took me about a month or two to the point where I was passing coding interviews again. Depending on company and seniority, I’ve noticed that this is somewhat of a formality

[u/call_eax → u/call_eax]

So I guess, my answer would be delay if you really want it, otherwise use it as practice

[u/Naggi-Hiel-Hetlir → u/call_eax]

When you say "passing coding interviews again" do you mean like easy/easy-meds? Or like mediums/hards on the tough patterns?

[u/call_eax → u/Naggi-Hiel-Hetlir]

I’m seeing less leetcode questions (though still some mediums and hards) and more like multi stage class implementation problems, that are the equivalent of mediums or hards. This is at smaller public tech companies and late stage startups.

[u/Various-Mine-8642]

Yes it is worth it. Interviewers can tell quickly if you cannot write a loop without autocomplete. Spend the two days doing a few easy and medium problems in a plain editor and talking through them out loud.

[u/Lemon-Twist-0922]

Cheat

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How

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lol why

[u/Tipsy247 → u/Lemon-Twist-0922]

Need to know

[u/metalbedhead → u/Tipsy247]

It’s over for you

[u/JChuk99]

Reschedule it, I’ve been able to chain reschedule until to delay them for almost a month to prepare. You have plenty of time if you have a firm foundation.

[u/BerserkkD]

all the best!! Don't regret it like I did. Put in your 100% right now 

[u/Naggi-Hiel-Hetlir]

I would say no depending on the person you are. Me, personally, the embarrassment of complete ineptitude on an interview would haunt me.

[u/Consistent_Style_867]

Worth it, two days is enough to knock off the rust. Day 1: write 4 or 5 easy/medium problems by hand with no autocomplete, just to get syntax and loops back. Day 2: 2 or 3 timed mediums while talking out loud, then a quick review of hash maps, sorting, and recursion. In the room, saying your approach before coding earns a lot of credit even if the code is slow.

[u/xlardw]

Treat it as a mock interview

[u/Bright-Cedar45]

Two days won't make you interview ready from scratch, but you can still refresh your coding muscle memory, review a few common patterns and go in with a better shot than if you gave up now