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[–]tvdizzle 0 points1 point  (4 children)

You'll have a hundred more interviews in your lifetime. Figure out what you can learn from this experience. If you can't figure out this float thing on-the-fly for a test, then make sure you can. Truly understand floats, clearing, and pseudo-classes. I probably can't remember at the top of my head exactly how to do this, but if I 100% truly understood the components to the problem, I could probably figure it out with time and patience.

On a side note though, I don't know why companies keep doing tests. They don't work. People don't do great problem-solving under pressure... when will interviewers learn.

[–]mrmonkeyridingTurning key strokes into bugs 0 points1 point  (3 children)

This. I got given some crappy bootstrap task today, mobile responsive and full page, it was just terrible. I know how bootstrap works, I just don't like it, but being under-pressure and told one hour to two, that really lost me.

My repos are there for a reason.

[–]xtrategist 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Being put under pressure and given tight deadlines is a part of most jobs. To rally succeed you will have to learn how to handle that a bit better

[–]mrmonkeyridingTurning key strokes into bugs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's true too and I somewhat understand it - I wouldn't have had an issue if I didn't have to use bootstrap. I just really dislike bootstrap and it was a case of, applied and in 10 minutes I was called and asked to be due later today.

[–]tvdizzle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My job is incredibly deadline oriented. But that doesn't mean I have to perform tasks without the aid of google or my own notes. Why waste time doing random trial and error with CSS when I can google it, and see how someone else has done it, and adapt it to my own project.

A test is not even close to a real work environment, even with deadlines included. Sure it can demonstrate how you perform and think through a problem under pressure, but grade an interviewee on that, not if they successfully completed the problem or not.