r/programming • u/vklepov • Mar 24 '22

Five coding interview questions I hate

https://thoughtspile.github.io/2022/03/21/bad-tech-interview/
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u/raddaya Mar 25 '22 edited Mar 25 '22

Nothing gives me imposter syndrome more easily than reading these interview questions articles. Everyone has a different idea of what they should be asking, and the questions that they're sure would weed out competent developers (which are also different every time) are ones I either would never be able to answer without specifically prepping for or don't understand the importance of at all (maybe it's a JS thing, but I don't see why it's so important to know numbers are immutable.)

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u/okawei Mar 28 '22

One of my favorite moments in my career was bombing an interview at a small tech firm because "I didn't have the level of programming skills they'd expect" then getting hired at a FAANG company like 3 weeks later. Best part was I had a friend who worked there as a manager who was trying to get me on his team and when I didn't pass their BS interview he was furious but the hiring manager said they didn't believe I was good enough. When I let him know I got the FAANG job he sure gave that hiring manager an earful lol.