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by doitLP·7y ago·view on hn ↗
As others may have said, it really depends on the company. I got hired based on my github and what my favorite movie was. No whiteboard or algorithmic questions at all. Reams of blog posts have been written on how the type of interview you experienced is a broken/flawed process. I applied to 5 companies a day for a month straight (~150) before getting 5 offers in one week and not a thing before that. But I also studied to pass the interview process I knew I would encounter. At some companies the process consisted of just phone screens with technical heirarchy, at others it was a take home coding challenge to build a simple app (which you would’ve aced), at another it was a pair programming session followed by a full day onsite working with the team. Sounds like your skills and interest might be wasted maintaining a settings menu. Guaranteed there are loads of companies who would be a better fit. You just have to find it, and the only way I know how to do that is volume. Keep going!
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Yeah, I got next step for all the take-homes. Usually impressed cuz I'd whip up not only a working app but great UI/UX designs in a day turn-around. But there aren't a lot of those. And these processes sometimes can go awry for weird reasons. Toronto company that doesn't respond after I said I'm in Vancouver. A New York company that don't want to fly me over and schedules a new round of video interview every 2 weeks (and still on-going)....
What is your favourite movie?
The Big Lebowski :)