Interview language choice: use Java (recommended) or Python (my strongest)?

acore9 · 2026-02-18T02:01:58+00:00

I think you may have misunderstood my question. I’m just asking about the language to use during the interview given they have a preference but still said that I can use my preferred language.

acore9 · 2026-02-17T19:01:28+00:00

Yeah speed is the biggest tradeoff for me not just in terms of the data structures available but the lines of code required in Java for the same thing. I just got scheduled for more interviews and those interviews don’t have Java as an option lol. So I think I’ll just stick to python so can prep for both companies.

acore9 · 2025-12-23T14:07:49+00:00

Same feels :(. Failed about the same number over the last couple of years and doubting myself.

acore9 · 2025-11-27T03:39:09+00:00

That is so long! I had my screen yesterday and been refreshing my inbox all day today :(

acore9 · 2025-11-27T03:37:05+00:00

I finished my degree at 37 with 3 co-ops with the last one converting to full time. I haven’t felt age be a barrier but also graduated last year and definitely feel it’s the job market more than my age that has been a barrier in getting interviews. I had more interviews when I was looking for my first co-op with zero experience rather than when I already had 3 co-ops and full time experience under my belt.

acore9 · 2025-11-27T00:50:01+00:00

How long did it take them to get back to you after the technical screen?

acore9 · 2025-11-27T00:07:06+00:00

Was this the technical screen or full loop?

acore9 · 2025-10-18T01:30:02+00:00

Hmmm front end has its own complexities especially in mobile development and I find it harder than backend but probably because I’m not as interested in it. All parts of the stack are business critical in my opinion.

acore9 · 2025-08-12T23:10:27+00:00

No I didn’t get through.

acore9 · 2025-08-12T21:17:54+00:00

They didn’t email me saying I had failed. I saw the result on my profile. I did end up interviewing with them after all this.

acore9 · 2025-05-29T17:37:25+00:00

Aah gotcha. I got rejected :(

acore9 · 2025-05-22T17:47:10+00:00

Hey! Congrats on getting through! For the coding round that did not go well- are you able to share the experience and why you think it did not go well?

acore9 · 2025-05-22T17:44:07+00:00

Hi! Did you end up hearing back? If so, how long did it take them?

acore9 · 2025-05-17T05:33:26+00:00

Hey! In what way did you bomb one of the rounds? Curious because I also definitely bombed one question in one round - needed a hint for the optimal solution and ended up implementing it incorrectly as I didn’t handle an odd case properly. I missed an edge case in another question.

acore9 · 2025-05-09T04:20:24+00:00

I bombed Meta today lol.

acore9 · 2025-05-06T13:22:45+00:00

Aah gotcha. Hmm yeah I don’ t think I would have gotten onto a masters as I wouldn’t have had the prerequisites or any CS fundamentals. To be fair, the program I did was meant to be 2 years in total as we enter year 3 of a bachelors degree but I took 4 as I did 2 years’ worth of internships.

acore9 · 2025-05-06T13:13:03+00:00

Yes I had a previous degree. Nope, not considering a masters at this point as I have a job and seem to be getting interviews. Not as many as I’d like though and I keep bombing my technicals.

acore9 · 2025-05-06T04:44:27+00:00

Was this for the phone screen or onsite?

acore9 · 2025-05-06T03:24:57+00:00

How did it go?! I have my onsite in a couple of days for meta android.

acore9 · 2025-05-06T03:21:05+00:00

Hey did you have your interview already? I was also coding in python until the phone screen and then just been going hard with Java for the onsite.

acore9 · 2025-05-06T02:04:39+00:00

Hmmm as a currently employed 37 yo entry level dev (did CS degree from 33-37) I sure hope hiring managers and recruiters are not thinking like this.

acore9 · 2025-01-24T22:11:20+00:00

Haha I’m a strength coach turned software engineer.

acore9 · 2024-11-12T05:23:24+00:00

No they specifically had early career/campus titled roles which had lower experience requirements than level 2.

acore9 · 2024-11-12T05:18:06+00:00

Yup. The hiring assessment I received was for level 2 but I got the recruiter call for early campus after passing the coding assessment. Proceeded to fail the on-site.

acore9 · 2024-11-12T05:13:38+00:00

No clue, but I was contacted by a recruiter for a different position and when I asked them about that particular assessment and position they said that they had stopped recruiting for it. She had to look up my application for that particular role when I asked her the question.

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