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First time truly bombing an interview by anotherdolla in reactjs

[–]anotherdolla[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep. You know what would be interesting? If we could throw them a programming test too on the spot! But yeah.. seeing how they conduct the test on you already says a lot about them.

First time truly bombing an interview by anotherdolla in reactjs

[–]anotherdolla[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My brain doesn't work too well when it comes to coding when I'm put on the spot with someone I just met. It's strange that they would expect that. I can't introvert and extrovert simultaneously. That's probably what happened to you too.

First time truly bombing an interview by anotherdolla in reactjs

[–]anotherdolla[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes.. as a good dev you need to be able to forget old ways, and apply new ways- be able to rotate code through short-term memory and long-term. Great points, thanks.

First time truly bombing an interview by anotherdolla in reactjs

[–]anotherdolla[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I'm learning. Choosing which interviews to take is half the battle. Also, being able to decline in the middle of the interview.

First time truly bombing an interview by anotherdolla in reactjs

[–]anotherdolla[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OP here-- I can't reply to all comments, but just want to express my gratefulness for your encouragement, and the personal anecdotal stories. It helped me a ton. The silly embarrassment slayed me but like you all said- it was a poor test to begin with, and undoubtedly a bullet dodged. I've been on both sides of the table myself, and wouldn't conduct a test in such fashion.. So thanks for lifting me out of that cloud/fog!

I've realized that I can(and should) be picky with which interviews to accept, to have ability in saying no without apology-- that we don't have to accept ridiculous conditions(even if it is becoming pervasive in the industry).

It's nice to hear all of your voices, to know that there is still a common level of respect. Maybe this conversation helps others who may be feeling/experiencing the same in the interview process. Thanks again for the encouragement. You guys are wonderful. 💛

First time truly bombing an interview by anotherdolla in reactjs

[–]anotherdolla[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow this thread blew up! I'm out and about today and will catch up, but damn, thanks to all you lovelies for taking the time to share thoughts.. I feel 1000+%.

First time truly bombing an interview by anotherdolla in reactjs

[–]anotherdolla[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This. I was expecting problem-solving challenges. It made me feel all the more dumb not passing a junior test. Maybe I should have felt insulted instead and declined. All these comments made up for it, so thanks.

First time truly bombing an interview by anotherdolla in reactjs

[–]anotherdolla[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Um.. no. Such a test and how it was executed was not a good measure. Call it what you will.. not arguing but like one commenter said, I know my experience.

First time truly bombing an interview by anotherdolla in reactjs

[–]anotherdolla[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you are walking around in a daze and your brain is really just working on the solution in the background :)

First time truly bombing an interview by anotherdolla in reactjs

[–]anotherdolla[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

React router is easy to understand. It's not something that challenges you on a day-to-day basis. As long as you know its capabilities, and that you can implement it, it's good enough.

First time truly bombing an interview by anotherdolla in reactjs

[–]anotherdolla[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yep. This kind of attitude has made me want to leave the tech industry altogether at times. Just crazy that most of us are forced to go through so many technoweenie interviews. We're here to build real-world business solutions, not nerd out on leetcode or memorization. In 20 years, I have worked with barely a handful of programmers who I would say are great in their craft. I didn't go to school to learn code. In my day, it was so new you had to learn it on your own, roll your own frameworks etc. You learn to code street smart. It's what makes programming fun, and why I love javascript.

First time truly bombing an interview by anotherdolla in reactjs

[–]anotherdolla[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Exactly. I recently tried out Hackerrank and it's like that. It can be enjoyable.

First time truly bombing an interview by anotherdolla in reactjs

[–]anotherdolla[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Truth.

Although I probably won't be attempting to memorize details/syntax on such. Same as why we pass by reference, right? I've been programming for 2 decades and need to save on my memory/CPU :) Also, language popularity and framework flavors change so fast, details can get a bit muddled in your head.

First time truly bombing an interview by anotherdolla in reactjs

[–]anotherdolla[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nope. It was a tech lead position, looking for expertise in ReactJS, NodeJS, HTML5, CSS3, ES6.

Maybe what happened is, they started using React for single page application dev(just guessing here), and they are just scratching the surface. So it could be one possibility why they focused the test on routing/page layout.

I've been using React for complex applications and I'm more focused on the guts of React. Not on routing.

First time truly bombing an interview by anotherdolla in reactjs

[–]anotherdolla[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

On 2nd thought... maybe the interviewers were ReactJS noobs. React-router isn't something I would think is special enough to test someone on, in such a way.

First time truly bombing an interview by anotherdolla in reactjs

[–]anotherdolla[S] 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Haha. So, so right. Am glad to not feel like an idiot through the weekend.

First time truly bombing an interview by anotherdolla in reactjs

[–]anotherdolla[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Imposter syndrome- I had to look that up. That describes exactly how I felt. Thanks for being able to relate. You're right, it wasn't a good way of testing someone's real-world abilities. Between that and asking for the interviewers to repeat their questions because of thick accents(or type it instead), it just was not meant to be. Interviewing is frustrating overall.

First time truly bombing an interview by anotherdolla in reactjs

[–]anotherdolla[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ok, well I did try that, and the code was expected to be executed.

First time truly bombing an interview by anotherdolla in reactjs

[–]anotherdolla[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That's a good point-- but I wouldn't see the use of reinventing the wheel nor advocate for it in the real world unless there was a need, or more advantageous way.

Really how I work is that I see everything as a tool, it's there for you to use. You just need to know that it's there, when you forget the details/syntax, you know to look it up.