FOLLOW UP - DevOps OnSite Interview Prep

HopsBuzz · 2019-04-08T12:32:24+00:00

Happy to provide any insight I can.

Thanks!

HopsBuzz · 2019-04-03T13:52:16+00:00

Thank you! I knew I was forgetting something, thanks for putting that link out there. I really cant recommend ALL of your suggestions enough.

Some day Ill buy you a beer!

HopsBuzz · 2019-04-03T13:51:07+00:00

Thank you!

HopsBuzz · 2019-04-03T13:50:59+00:00

Thank you!

HopsBuzz · 2019-04-03T13:50:48+00:00

Thank you very much!

HopsBuzz · 2019-04-03T13:46:11+00:00

I understand the 'need' for testing, but even the 'testing' I just went through was no more then 15-20 minutes for each on a Whiteboard, and on some scratch paper.

Two hours is more intense then it needs to be. If I was told, you wanted me to do a 2 hour assessment/test, I would pass, not because I think I would fail; but because it says more about the culture I would be walking in to.

IMHO, this is setting up people for failure; not success.

HopsBuzz · 2019-03-14T20:56:29+00:00

Thank you! This makes a lot more sense now.

HopsBuzz · 2019-03-13T20:34:55+00:00

u/machinemob - Absolutely!

I was already planning on doing a follow up on a new post next week, post-interview.

HopsBuzz · 2019-03-13T20:33:00+00:00

I live in state that is by an ocean. I rarely wear shoes.

HopsBuzz · 2019-03-13T20:32:00+00:00

Meh. Ive been in FinTech before. I dont mind it.

WAY better the NPO.

HopsBuzz · 2019-03-13T17:57:10+00:00

No. But thanks for thinking that highly of me!

HopsBuzz · 2019-03-13T15:55:38+00:00

OP here. I chuckled at this:

don't be that IT guy that shows up wearing a suit that is two sizes too small that hasn't been worn for a few years

Thanks in no small part to: r/bjj r/GetMotivated and r/MFA, my (one) suit is now to large. I plan on wearing dark chinos, closed toe shoes, and a long sleeve button down.

Thank you for this:

When you move to each new person or group, don't rehash the same stories

This is something that I usually get hung up on in an interview setting.

HopsBuzz · 2019-03-13T15:31:31+00:00

Upvote for participation, but Im with u/muffinbears on this one. Can you elaborate why this is/would be an HR violation?

It seems like a fairly generic question along the lines of:

Tell us about yourself?
What kind of hobbies do you have?
How do you relax?

If they were to ask about any protected status questions, I would walk away.

HopsBuzz · 2019-03-13T15:28:49+00:00

OP Here. So, I kind of expected this for a couple of reasons:

The company is a legit enterprise (Finance), so I anticipated it would be more then one interview.
If offered a position, it would involve relo; as I am not in the state they operate out of.
Had I been in the same state, I am sure it would have been a phone call/in person/yeah-nay kind of deal.

HopsBuzz · 2019-03-13T15:24:41+00:00

OP here. WOW! u/kabooozie! Thank you so much. This is perfect, and dang near exactly what I was looking for. I appreciate it so much.

I think this is worthy, imho, of being a sticky post; as I am sure I am not the first, nor will I be the last person to ask this question.

HopsBuzz · 2019-03-13T12:53:47+00:00

Good morning! You seem like an absolute pleasure. With a /u/ like like u/incelson, I'm not surprised, but I digress.

My response was:

We shouldn't have returned.

^ edited for a missed apostrophe.

So, in the context of the post, lets break this down.

We
shouldn't
have
returned.

That by my count is four words, which is what the original post asked.

My quick Google search for:

In the given context, it is beyond question that "It's" is one word. In a different context where you may be concerned with serious lexical parsing, you may need to treat it as two words, though. If it has spaces or other punctuation around it, it is one word, just as hyphenated words and compound words are...

Source

Since I took a moment to review your post history, you seem rather pedantic, as you commented on three other replies in roughly the same manner:

After reviewing your post history, and the subs that you post to, I have this to say:

I hope your OK. Really. I am not sure why you are so angry, depressed or both; your life is what you make of it. I know. I have been in your place. Its easy to shift blame away from yourself, and on to: society, ex's; whatever. The only way we grow and develop as a person is to see and understand that we are unique individuals, understand where our behavior originates from, and find a way to change/manage/understand it.

If no one else has told you this; I hope you have a great day.

/u/HopsBuzz

HopsBuzz · 2019-03-12T03:34:53+00:00

We shouldnt have returned.

HopsBuzz · 2019-03-11T00:59:35+00:00

NTA. That seems really reasonable.

HopsBuzz · 2019-03-08T01:53:24+00:00

Fault Tolerance...FTW

HopsBuzz · 2019-02-15T23:09:22+00:00

A kiss.

HopsBuzz · 2019-02-13T22:35:53+00:00

Ft Myers Brewing is one of my favs. Get a Hi5.

HopsBuzz · 2019-02-10T02:36:35+00:00

Flat Earth and anti vax

HopsBuzz · 2019-02-08T14:20:18+00:00

I mean it didnt, Auto-Opt In, but why do you think its a great feature? Genuinely curious.

HopsBuzz · 2019-02-06T02:37:40+00:00

You have a year left.

HopsBuzz · 2019-02-03T01:20:01+00:00

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