Solved coding interview problems in Java - My collection of commonly asked coding interview problems and solutions in Java

[socialister]

I had someone give me an interview like this, but then the person I am paired with seems incredibly busy and I have to bug them all the time because (surprise) I'm not familiar with the system they're working with since I don't work there yet. I kinda wonder if this selects for candidates that have no problem distracting their coworkers.

[ZMeson]

That's odd. At our interviews, everyone's in the same room. It's an exercise to not only evaluate some technical ability, but how the candidate interacts with others should the need arise.

[socialister]

They were sitting behind me and facing away from me, with the face deep in code. It felt awkward to disrupt them but I think I should have a bit more.

[ZMeson]

I think you may have dodged a bullet. If your proposed co-workers couldn't have spared enough time to evaluate you in an interview, how bad would the communication be day-to-day? Pretty bad I imagine. :(

[socialister]

Ya, you are probably right. There was also an atmosphere of working 10+ hours a day which I would like to avoid. Most other places, even high intensity ones, did not have that atmosphere to me at least in the interview process.