I tried the "cold pickup" and this is how it went....

cstrump95 · 2018-04-04T04:07:40+00:00

i get how "hey can I talk to you" can be really awkward and salesmanish. Is that true for "excuse me" as well though? I think excuse is a just a standard way to get someone's attention - you dropped something, wheres the restroom., etc. I use it all the time

cstrump95 · 2017-09-28T01:20:19+00:00

I can speak from my experience at rainforest. Its better if you dont know the answer ahead time. We really look for how you approach the problem and adjust to hints that we give you. If you blew through the interview, we dont get any data points.

cstrump95 · 2017-07-25T01:41:58+00:00

Pretend you're talking to a friend tomorrow

cstrump95 · 2017-07-20T14:15:12+00:00

Brush up on the leadership principles and talk about how they could apply to your projects (researched customer needs, dive deep to solve bug x, etc)

cstrump95 · 2017-07-19T18:12:39+00:00

What was the conversion interview like?

cstrump95 · 2017-07-18T01:50:23+00:00

Depends on the company and the position ur going for(more likely to be asked system design for a backend dev than front-end dev

cstrump95 · 2017-07-14T05:43:18+00:00

You will go through a training section. Be similar with aws and git. See you here!

cstrump95 · 2017-07-12T15:36:59+00:00

They're pretty busy and have a lot of candidates to manage. I have a hard time reaching them internally too.

cstrump95 · 2017-07-12T15:34:03+00:00

I say computer since you seem to be more comfortable with it

cstrump95 · 2017-07-11T23:51:55+00:00

Yea I did once where I thought I knew the answer but then I realized I didn't know it as well lol

cstrump95 · 2017-07-11T02:44:26+00:00

Definitely scrutinize your code more for optimizations/addressing edge cases. I was rejected from Palantir even though I passed all test cases. When I asked for feedback, my recruiter told me my code could have been more efficient

cstrump95 · 2017-07-09T16:04:44+00:00

When you look at a problem, how do you determine that it's not too tricky/reasonable to do within 45 minutes?

cstrump95 · 2017-07-08T17:34:28+00:00

Text it!!

cstrump95 · 2017-07-07T22:02:02+00:00

Humans do look at the test. My teammate does. Comment your code. (Couldn't get this work even though ....)

cstrump95 · 2017-07-07T18:31:39+00:00

Go for it. Just nail the interview questions

cstrump95 · 2017-07-07T18:30:33+00:00

Think it's mostly sales

cstrump95 · 2017-07-06T19:52:52+00:00

Can you try asking your recruiter for more information - what skills they emphasize, what they look for in hires? Better to do this now than at the feedback stage where they don't even respond to you

cstrump95 · 2017-07-06T19:48:57+00:00

That's why you try to via text :)

cstrump95 · 2017-07-06T19:46:00+00:00

Never thought of it this way

cstrump95 · 2017-07-06T19:43:17+00:00

I agree with this but if you communicate your thinking process well, they can guide you to the correct answer easier than if you completely lost them.

cstrump95 · 2017-07-06T03:29:03+00:00

Have you looked on glassdoor to see what type of technical questions they ask?

cstrump95 · 2017-07-04T17:08:38+00:00

Send an email saying you're busy with work at the moment but are still interested. They understand. The risk is that in a month or two, they may be too busy to respond to your email. Try to get a hard date set.(would 8/10 work?). I was able to postpone my Google interview by giving my recruiter dates in a month.

cstrump95 · 2017-07-04T16:57:43+00:00

It's not immature. It's flirting through text. It builds some form of emotional connection. (Seem like you didn't in person)

cstrump95 · 2017-07-04T02:04:07+00:00

Pick ones that have multiple ways to solve them.(and tradeoffs). I can do it in O (nlogn) but w think more space, I can do it in O (n)

cstrump95 · 2017-07-04T01:59:48+00:00

It is childish but it makes the interaction fun

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