So I just came out of an interview with Amazon and totally blew it, I feel like such a brainlet.
I freezed at the whiteboard and was just generally sweating it out while this girl was staring at me. I felt my brain was literally reved up to the max but still I couldn't solve the problems.
Anyway I don't have anyone to tell about this except my family but they wouldn't understand.
Does anybody have some interview stories they wanna share?
>nice trips m8 Too bad Amazon doesn't let you roll for employment. I heard they suck to work for anyway, probably a blessing in disguise.
Jose Hall
At least you're getting interviews OP. I'm a CS junior with a shit GPA who only get rejections when companies even bother to respond. Fingers crossed for summer 2019.
Dynamic optimisation of a sieve. I just forgot how it worked exactly and shit myself when she said there's more than one type.
Look, I feel horrible, like I'll never get a second chance.
Colton Bell
>she
Michael Flores
>freezed
Samuel Evans
...was cute, too.
I give up, I hadn't had my morning wank that day.
Cameron Gomez
was she a female engineer?
Daniel Fisher
I can usually handle the whiteboard stuff no problem, its the penis test that I always fail.
Bentley Jenkins
There were 2 questions that I struggled with
The first one was whiteboard an algorithm to solve the game of boggle for a board of size N, which In retrospect i think I could solve but the problem was the interviewer was guiding me through her solution and that kinda interfered to much with my thought process and I couldn't think straight
The other one I struggled with was a distributed systems question of how to update a configuration file in clients, I mean I gave an answer but the interviewer didn't seem satisfied with it so I was just staring at the whiteboard thinking what I could do different
Brody Harris
>Dynamic optimisation of a sieve wut
Tyler Jenkins
You can always work at a startup ¯\_ (ツ) _/¯
Evan Scott
>The other one I struggled with was a distributed systems question of how to update a configuration file in clients What's a client in this context? My answer would be >polling system hitting configuration api >push changes using pub-sub messaging system >sidecar system if using containerization
Julian Reyes
Was unemployed for a few months, so read some books (CtCI, etc) and solved a ton of practice problems to help with interviews.
Go into several meetings with this consulting company, they grill me on pretty much every topic in the book, but I go through all the questions smoothly thanks to all the prep I've done. At the final interview the guy talking to me asks how am I handling all these problems so well - I tell them that normally I don't, but I've been preparing extensively.
Get a call a week later saying that they've decided not to proceed with my application.
Seriously, fuck those guys. At least all the time I invested made later interviews so much easier.
>Go into several meetings with this consulting company, they grill me on pretty much every topic in the book, but I go through all the questions smoothly thanks to all the prep I've done. At the final interview the guy talking to me asks how am I handling all these problems so well - I tell them that normally I don't, but I've been preparing extensively.
should've left out the "normally I don't" part
Zachary Myers
A client can be any device that has the app installed
Henry Powell
what stats did you have that got you the interview? was it for an internship or fulltime?
Carter Murphy
fulltime internship
Caleb Butler
it was something you would do before you graduated over summer or a semester? still, how'd you get the interview?
Oliver Morris
>google interview >my diaper is ready >hold in my shit for an entire day >during the interview we get to the whiteboard stage >"user what algorithm would you use to show a mountain into a pringles can blah blah blah" >reach into my full smelly diaper >start smearing shit all over the whiteboard >they call security immediately and escort me out >I wipe shit on everything I can on my way out The interviewer was hot as fuck though I think she was hitting on me. Do you think I have a chance with her if I show up with some flowers or something?
>local megacorp employees live in corporate barracks what a boring cyberpunk world this one turned out to be
Adam Butler
also curious
Dylan Reyes
where do I learn all these buzzwords?
Anthony Walker
>so read some books (CtCI, etc) and solved a ton of practice problems to help with interviews
This is why these whiteboarding interviews are so utterly pointless.
Caleb White
>two interviews in a row for the same position >breeze through c++, algortithms, complexity, data structures, STL, throw anything m8 gonna tackle it >"wow, solid knowledge for the student"
>second >oh ok it's alright >it's c, i never learned it >theory is alright, they give me the easiest task possible related to pointers and i am unable to connect the dots >shit i fuck up HARD, later on i just couldnt comprehend i fucked up >last questions related to algo, pass it >for twenty minutes he's been trying to point me but couldn't
Shit, I don't even know if I would be able to get the offer considering I shat hard.
During an interview you exude an aura of effortless grace but not strong enough to threaten the job of the person interviewing you.
Henry Gutierrez
>So we're gonna give you a coding test >Say you have two arrays of different sizes >How can you make them one array? Doesn't matter if they're sorted Not even kidding, they offered me the job and then withdrew the offer when they found out I have a felony for possessing weed
Oliver Hughes
Those aren't buzzwords, but software architecture patterns. I guess you could read them from books on the topic but the easiest way is just to contribute to projects and get certifications. For inspiration of what you could do for a project, open a free account on Google Cloud or AWS and check their docs.
Carter Martin
And they say weed doesn't destroy lives.
Joshua Sanchez
>The interviewer was hot as fuck That's the trap. They always bring a hot-ass lady that looks like she'd belong on the cover of a magazine and your first test is to resist popping a boner.
Carson Ramirez
Guess your chances of employment went up in smoke lmao
I'm pretty sure they'd see a massive hard-on right away. At the extreme it'd look like your dick trying to take off.
Blake Foster
not everyone has a bbc urging to tear the trousers and you probably shouldn't be wearing a leotard or spandex at your interview
Daniel Lopez
good. we don't need more people versed in botnet design.
Jacob Ortiz
>distributed synchronization platform is now botnet So you're saying you'd actually go to each client and hand-deliver the file?
Asher Johnson
You should have said 'what's a boggle' to derail the question and ask for a fair, culturally neutral replacement No, I'd put a big red UPDATE button that the user presses when they want to get a damn update you fucking stupid piece of shit
def f(a,b): if a>b: a,b=b,a for i in range(b): if a*i==b: return i
Sebastian Young
I have good one. Happened several years back. > Was interviewed in company that I was not completely sure what they do. > Boos gave like hour long speech about company and products. > most products are things for small governments > like shit that mans in the middle connections and general anti privacy/freedom shit > they are proud of their new product - a filter/"firewall" "it will be like chinese one! Nearly done!" > me feeling tired "how it deals with tor trafic?" > boos and tech dude have no idea what tor is. > I decide that I will look for something better and proceed to fail all technical questions. Now that I think about it - should have not failed it on purpose. Yeah they are spying pieces of crab.... but projects would have given me many experience.
Caleb Martinez
For entry-level positions? It will put you ahead of 90% of the other applicants.
John Gutierrez
> What kind of "numbers"? > How big these numbers can be? > For what architecture?
It's a typical question used to filter out people like
Blake Sanders
*in shitty third world country
Carson Flores
>My language takes care of that >What's in my language's spec >My language takes care of that
Jordan Davis
Using the FizzBuzz question to filter candidates was something that started in the USA, IIRC.
In other words: Yes, you are right.
James Hernandez
>OK... uhm thanks... do you have any questions? alright then, have a nice day!
Nathaniel Bell
hello fren i can concat arrays all day can i have an entry level position anything i can write on a resume desu
Jaxson Price
words of wisdom
Jayden Ramirez
You may have been perceived as too capable There was this big blog post by an ex-valve employ and in it he said people that could threaten their own positions would get turned down and basically shitlisted
Jordan Taylor
>onsite at random tech company >going well >whiteboard_time.7z >interviewer writes out a long matrix problem >"and I want a recursive solution" >reeecursion what the fuck >I wasn't prepared >floundering >a few minutes later the door opens, in walks the company's CTO who wanted to sit in and watch >now 3 people watching me >whiteboard is a mess >realize there's still 30 minutes left Shit was rough but with some help from one of the people in the room, I was able to crawl to a solution.
This. You have to remember that the interviewer is just another employee so if you reveal your powerlevel before getting hired he could pussy out and reject you. There's a delicate balance to be struck between looking like you know nothing and it being obvious you know too much.
Brandon Brooks
Sure, but >Can you actually name some specs of your language? >Is that your only language?
Ryan Ross
>want a recursive solution This happened
Carson Kelly
Having a felony for possessing weed basically means that you are an unstable employee that babbles about "bro im gonna create my new indie game dev startup bro, fuk this corporate bullshit bro". That's why you don't get jobs.
Elijah Jenkins
Does anybody here understand that the OP's pic implies a large amount of mass in the wojaks head? Implying a massively dense brain, which would make this wojak really smart? Please tell me you guys understand that what has been photoshopped on to the wojaks head is a distortion in space time due to a high density object and I'm just autistic for not being able to enjoy this meme.
Aaron Lopez
Could you share that list. Thank you.
Zachary Robinson
Go look up what dense means.
Evan Williams
Sure.
And to anyone criticizing this list for being too easy: This is a set of questions for ENTRY LEVEL positions. ENTRY LEVEL. I am not interviewing Carmack, I am interviewing fresh grads.
It was fulltime for the amazon music or video team. I didn't even apply, i got contacted and fast tracked by a recruiter. This companies are literally begin everyone with a half decent LinkedIn resume to come in to the interview, however passing the whiteboard with 5 interviewers is the challenge
I suppose they just cast a net as wide as possible and filter people further down
What kind of projects would you suggest to contribute?
Blake Sanders
but that's always true you retard, there is no if there.
Carson Cox
still kek
Christian Long
Land of the free desu
Ryan Williams
although i have to say, finishing up my third semester cs, these are way way way too easy for grads, even fresh... unless they teach cs differently back there. im in technion btw
Joshua Adams
What language provides built-in primitives to do arbitrary-precision arithmetic over octonion numbers on any kind of architecture?
John Rodriguez
with the possible exceptions of the last ones starting with towers of hanoi
Brayden Hall
Difficulty of these questions are all over the place. And it is bs that any developer will find these questions trivial.
Adam Hall
see >
Luke Gutierrez
Density is the amount of mass in a given volume, enough mass to create a black hole on a man's face is extremely dense.