We’ve all been there — heart racing, palms sweating, trying to remember what a binary tree is while a stranger stares at you waiting.
I’ve been thinking a lot about how much the interview experience shapes developers early in their careers. Whether it broke your confidence or lit a fire under you — that first one sticks.
So I want to hear from you:
👇 Drop your story in the comments:
∙What was the format? (whiteboard, take-home, live coding, trivia quiz?)
∙Was there a question that completely stumped you?
∙How did you feel walking out?
∙Did you get the job — and does it even matter in hindsight?
There’s no “right” answer here. Bad interviews teach just as much as good ones — sometimes more.
Whether you nailed it, froze up, or accidentally called your interviewer by the wrong name (no judgment), your experience might be exactly what someone prepping for their first interview needs to hear right now.
Let’s normalize the awkward and celebrate the growth.
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