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Michael Thomas • Edited

1) if somebody asks you to write an n log n sorting algorithm on a whiteboard, you are interviewing with a company you don't want to work for.
2) it is very far from clear that the interviewer wants you to succeed. there are way too many who are out to make themselves look good. worse is when you can see that their diversity is only the subtle color differences in their lumbersexual shirts.
3) if you think that it's ok to not know something, you are sadly mistaken. i had a brain fart trying to remember the keyword for constant in java (final). i was rejected for that alone.
4) if people are expecting Knuth level algorithm optimization in an interview, see #1.