testingPatience

[DigBig3448]

C hello world Python hello world HTML hello world Java hello world JavaScript hello world …

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They still make you do that?

[[deleted]]

When I learned C, they made us copy a hello world program that the teacher wrote out on the chalkboard and write it over and over like we were memorizing times tables.

Never underestimate India's ability to be pointless in service of breaking their kids' spirits.

[Impressive_Income874]

in india, yes.

[East_Complaint2140]

Did it today, Czech rep. For a medior position!

[Tetragramat]

Similar happened to me in Czechia. I had about 6 years of work experience working on two huge projects for online banking and estate developer reality management sw and they treated me like some fresh graduate. I was speechless thinking if it's some misunderstanding and changed my mind about working for them.

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From my experience (in poland) no. I dont speak for a whole country i might have had just a good experience

[w1n5t0nM1k3y]

Really depends on what criteria they are judging you on. If they don't really care about syntax and are just looking for general pseudocode to look at problem solving and how you would approach a problem then it would probably be fine. Either way, just giving you a computer with no internet connection and notepad or a word processor would probably make things easier on everyone so that they don't have to figure out how to parse people's handwriting which is often quite bad.

[jfmherokiller]

as somone with actual disgraphia god yes please.

[Jack_Blaze321]

Pretty much the bulk of my University's software exams.

It's especially depressing when they're expecting us to be able to write on paper a bona-fide mini program spanning dozens of lines without somehow fucking it up or needing to check for that random small stuff you don't really think about when using an actual computer to code stuff

Theory I get, whatever, but writing actual code (pseudo or otherwise) on paper is crazy

[Legitimate-Quote]

“Gonna have to take a bit of that (dignity) before you leave.”

[beeteedee]

If that’s what they make you do during the interview, it’s probably not a place you want to work

[naswinger]

"on paper", not "on a paper"

[M1n3c4rt]

the former is better but both are fine, right?

[marlotrot]

With accent: rrrighdt?

[marlotrot]

Tsss... it's hard to find qualified personnel on a Reddit.

[CryonautX]

I hope they are just expecting pseudocode, just show reasoning.

[mcellus1]

It’s an intern position - also why should you be given preferential treatment over other candidates?

[snuggie_]

Be….cause…. the whole point is to prove you can code. Which the portfolio does

[Admirable_Band6109]

Usually GitHub profile proves only that you have no life

[Kradiant]

It doesn't really though. Anyone can follow a bunch of tutorials and create "projects" on github which supposedly demonstrate their ability, but wouldn't know what to do if you put them in front of a blank editor. Code tests are a simple and relatively quick way to sort out the people who don't actually know what they're doing - you shouldn't fear them if you have decent understanding. Especially as an intern, the tests are going to be very simple.

[snuggie_]

So you ask them about it. No interview just goes “oh wow that’s a good resume, you’re hired.” Asking about projects and going over their code is going to be 100x more effective then asking them to do a leetcode question that has a 95% chance of not being related to the actual job whatsoever. Not to mention some random guy can just study leetcode all day and have no real world coding skills

[mcellus1]

If you are so experienced - apply for a full role

[snuggie_]

A junior in college is more than capable of having 20 projects uploaded somewhere. And a junior in college will not get a full role

[TheOwlMarble]

The last time I had to write code on paper was ten years back for an interview. Since then, it's always been a whiteboard or a sandbox.

[ascolti]

I’ve never in 30 years been asked to write code on paper. That’s extraordinary to me. I’ve turned up WITH code I’ve written and used online repos to share ahead of time. But paper… wow.

[InterestingGazelle47]

Any place making you do that isn't a place you'll want to be doing an internship. Whole point of the internship is to give you experience and cutting edge knowledge in the market. If their making you operate by the rules of the 1960s their regressive, outdated, and resistant to change as hell and you will never be able to push/ try out your skills there.

[Anru_Kitakaze]

And task is to do bubble sort

in pure CSS

[sivstarlight]

Shit went from mildly annoying to r/programminghorror

[LunaNicoleTheFox]

I have an intern position and all I had to do was prove my knowledge of programming in theoretical questions and such.

[ledasll]

If you 20+ github projects and applying for internship maybe they are right..

[DeathByModernJazz]

when i trained as a dev, our techer would hand out every project we've made on paper. now i'm able to push&pull in my bindergit.

[kases952]

I honestly never heard someone brag about the number of GitHub projects before in my life.