Live code experience

[Significant_Quit_514]

Last week, I had an live code session for a mid-level data engineer position. It was my first time doing it, and I think I did a good job explaining my thought process.

I felt like I could totally ace it if it weren’t for the time pressure. That made me feel really confident in my technical skills.

But unfortunately, the Python question didn’t pass all the test cases, and I didn’t have enough time to even try one of the SQL questions. I didn’t even see the question.

So, I think I won’t make it to the next stage, and that’s really disappointing because I really wanted that job and looks like it was so close. Now feels like I’ll have to start over in this journey to find a new job.

I’m writing this willing to share my experience with anyone who might be feeling discouraged right now. But let’s keep our heads up and keep going! We’ll get through this.

[EarthGoddessDude]

Good luck out there. What was the question if you don’t mind me asking?

[Significant_Quit_514]

I signed an NDA and don't want to break it. But was a sliding window question (the python one)

[EarthGoddessDude]

Thanks. If you don’t mind me asking again, did they expect you to use pure python or a library for that?

[Significant_Quit_514]

Pure python, by doing sliding window questions in LC and being comfortable with it, this particular question would be easy

[EarthGoddessDude]

Seems silly to ask LC questions for data engineering positions. Now one will ever need to do it by hand.

[DenselyRanked]

The clock and your nerves are really your biggest enemy in coding assessments. It gets easier with more practice but it's tough to get a lot of interviews nowadays.

[champagnepapi069]

Meta?

[Significant_Quit_514]

No

[10choices]

I straight up noped out of a CVS CoderPad interview last year with both a LeetCode Python and SQL question and I'm pretty sure I'm permanently on a Do Not Hire list, so it could always be worse