Sorry, its a bit misleading but that wasn't the only type of question I was asked! Its just an area where a lot of people struggle in interviews.
It sucks that a lot of companies want to ask white board questions instead of testing your actual project making abilities but at the end of the day we still need a job :/
I've been a professional C, Perl, PHP and Python developer.
I'm an ex-sysadmin from the late 20th century.
These days I do more Javascript and CSS and whatnot, and promote UX and accessibility.
I agree. I think that if companies are relying on cookie-cutter questions about things you'll never have to write in your entire time as an employee, then they;re going about interviews wrong.
That doesn't mean they'd be a bad company to work for, though.
While I can dredge up the memory of certain sorting algorithms when I really need to I usually try to get the interview into more of a conversation where I can explain what approach I'd use in the real world instead.
Well, i can also say that if "programming" it's all about doing "tumblr" stuff with js I don't really want to live in that world.
"Tree traversials" it's Computer Science, not programming. JS animations can be wrote by toddlers.
I mean, a lot of ppl thinks that CS is just doing fancy stuff with React/Angular & Co. and then say that real CS stuff are "cookie cutter" questions...
If programming is all about tree traversials then I dont really want to live in that world.
Sorry, its a bit misleading but that wasn't the only type of question I was asked! Its just an area where a lot of people struggle in interviews.
It sucks that a lot of companies want to ask white board questions instead of testing your actual project making abilities but at the end of the day we still need a job :/
Yeah I know, interviews suck.
I agree. I think that if companies are relying on cookie-cutter questions about things you'll never have to write in your entire time as an employee, then they;re going about interviews wrong.
That doesn't mean they'd be a bad company to work for, though.
While I can dredge up the memory of certain sorting algorithms when I really need to I usually try to get the interview into more of a conversation where I can explain what approach I'd use in the real world instead.
Well, i can also say that if "programming" it's all about doing "tumblr" stuff with js I don't really want to live in that world.
"Tree traversials" it's Computer Science, not programming. JS animations can be wrote by toddlers.
We can make the distinction without attacking people who write js animations :)
Please be more considerate Matteo, it really goes a long way.
I mean, a lot of ppl thinks that CS is just doing fancy stuff with React/Angular & Co. and then say that real CS stuff are "cookie cutter" questions...
I dont know why people bother with animations, they don't improve anything.
They improve the user experience! Imagine if there was no animation on any website, would that not be very bland?
They do, but sometimes they can be distracting :)