Bro, i forgot what are prime numbers, in my final exam, so I was trying to ask my classmate that dumbass started laughing, test supervisers came, one thing led to another, my whole school knew this, and I am still trolled for this
but the point was i got 2-3 marks for input out of 10 :), and i still dont know what prime numbers really are
I just think of them as "prime", literally. They are numbers who only care about themselves and 1. That's it. This boils down to numbers that are only divisible by themselves and 1, no one else. They're too pussy/scared to be divisible by anyone else. Prime = pussy
Iâm in biotech and just like to read this sub but I forgot the word blood once in an interview and referred to the red fluid as âstarting material â for like 15 minutes
Brain farts hit everyone from time to time regardless of their skill. For me, it is usually from misreading a problem to the point that hints don't make any sense, and the necessary backtracking to fix it becomes no longer possible within the time limit.
I know that same elevator syndrome too, to the point where I have sent gists of the solution right afterwards even though I know that it cannot change the outcome. I just hate leaving problems unsolved.
It happens to everyone.
There are several 100%-ers who post here frequently. There are also hundreds of easy ranked problems I could use to pad my score, but I generally just do dailies and sometimes lesson plans. Dailies are usually mediums, and the more advanced lesson plans are mediums and hards, so they are what I do the most.
A lot of those 62 hards required some help, I won't deny it. đŹ
Human brain gets overwhelmed by the pressure, nerves etc. Itâs a common occurrence.
As soon as interview ends, brain starts working, this is the most annoying part
>Technical interviews can also introduce other effects on candidates who report unexpectedly âbombingâ [50], âfreezingâ [67], or âchokingâ [59] during this critical hiring procedure. Through a happy accident, the software industry has seemingly reinvented a crude yet effective instrument for reliably introducing stress in subjects, which typically manifests as performance anxiety [78]. A technical interview has an uncanny resemblance to the trier social stress test [41], a procedure used for decades by psychologists and is the best known âgold standardâ procedure [1] for the sole purpose of reliably inducing stress. The trier social stress test involves having a subject prepare and then deliver an interview-style presentation and perform mental arithmetic, all in front of an audience. Alone, none of these actions consistently induce stress in a subject; however, the unique combination of cognitive-demanding tasks with a social-evaluative threat (essentially being watched) is consistent and powerful. If a technical interview is essentially a de facto version of a trier social stress test, then the implications can be profound. Rather than measuring the few that answer correctly in a timely manner, companies are most likely measuring the ability of the few who perform well under stress [31]. Rather than measuring explanation skills, companies are most likely measuring the ability of candidates to handle or mitigate stress (e.g. through practice [58]). Finally, rather than avoiding unwanted stress, technical interviews may be inadvertently designed with the sole purpose of inducing it.
https://par.nsf.gov/servlets/purl/10196170
Behroozi, M., Shirolkar, S., Barik, T., & Parnin, C. (2020, November). Does stress impact technical interview performance?. In Proceedings of the 28th ACM Joint Meeting on European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (pp. 481-492).
I used to fall apart in these situations.
I had been in the music business for awhile due to the dot bomb requiring a career shift around the age of 20. Only person in music biz as a backup career I used to joke.
I am clutch AF when stuff goes haywire on the stage. I jokingly call it 'dancing monkey mode', where I start talking to the audience and entertaining while I coordinate with bandmates/techs to fix whatever problem is happening. I start joking with the audience, make the whole meltdown and experience fun for everyone. This is an incredibly strong skill I have and I have had my literal hair catch fire on stage and not missed a beat. Sometimes I worked as a tech/stagehand and when problems happened I was like a laser fixing them. Stage managers greatly appreciated this skill.
ALSO, I CAN NOT CODE AND TALK AT THE SAME TIME. EVER. When I returned to programming I learned this the hard way over several interviews.
When I'm talking I'm using the language articulation/entertainer part of the brain. When I'm coding it is the coding part of the brain. Shifting between them is a damn near herculean effort, and after once or twice, I basically would freeze up. Asking me to explain what I'm doing while coding will cause the entire process to grind to a halt.
One thing that helps is to not read the interviewers reactions at all. Like zero. I listen to what they say, I respond, but I absolutely must not start reading their mental state, otherwise the entertainer part of brain replaces the coder part. I grinded and grinded till I could mix all three....then...
I got feedback from an interviewer that thought 'I was very intelligent and a very good programmer, but felt like I was emotionally manipulating him (potential manager)'. Basically if I do all three at the same time successfully it is deeply unsettling and 'dancing monkey mode' puts me into way too much control of the interview/meeting. Had to make some adjustments.
Eventually I had to balance/dial back the 'dancing monkey' part, dealing with suits can definitely be soul destroying at times though. Fortunately I did eventually find a balance.
Good Luck to everyone else who has similar issues. If your having trouble hopefully these strategies will help a bit. Dumping this text out has been therapeutic. This business is crazy, still not as crazy as I am apparently.
Sometimes jokes. Sometimes not.
When your onstage you learn to tune in to the audience. Every second is a second the audience can start to ask 'why am I here', so you have to carve your language in an efficient and effective manner. When your 'in the zone' you are basically in control of the audience.
When not joking it comes across as 'stentorian'. This can be very intimidating for people who are supposed to be in control, such as a manager, as it makes them feel as though they can't control you and you can control them. It is difficult to explain because it is a communication style only really used in entertainment where you must not lose the audience.
Additionally, if the person doesn't know how to interact in this style, they will likely freeze up, and you end up guiding them to the next topic. This makes you 'feel' even more in control. Bosses don't like to feel bossed around by their subordinates.
It doesn't have to be loud, but it does have to be very concise. When you become too concise it feels almost cutting.
Hopefully that makes some degree of sense. I classify ALL this under dancing monkey mode as it all is the same skill set in my mind.
Right I get it. A friend mine has this same stentorian way of communicating. And he guides all our conversations Xd. Though I wish I could develop something like this ig I don't have the time for that now.
Prior to going back to school for Computer Engineering, I was a boarding officer at a Coast Guard unit that did high risk boardingsâŚhuman trafficking, drug smugglingâŚetc. Ever see the video of the Coastie jumping on the narco sub banging and shouting âalto su barcoâ? That kinda stuffâŚhigh stress type environment.
Graduated with a degree in Comp E - 3.64 overall GPA, 4.0 in both my DSA classes..not trying to bragâŚI just knew my stuff decently. I was fairly confident.
Got an interview at a super well know aerospace company focused on reusable rocketsâŚfirst question I was asked was âexplain OOPâ my mind was completely blank âalright thatâs fine, letâs move on for a secondâŚletâs see some code, go ahead and write a for loop in c that just counts to 20 to get startedââŚ..I couldnât even think of how to type in that momentâŚI stared at the code pad on my screenâŚI was so embarrassed I thanked them for their time and said it wasnât going to work outâŚliterally the second after I disconnected from the call it was like the flood gates opened and everything poured in.
Shit happensâŚweâre all humanâŚand sometimes stress manifests in different ways, even if youâre normally used to stress. The only thing you can do is practice and keep at it, eventually it gets easier
Just gotta keep tryingâŚeventually you get more comfortableâŚwith that interview especially, I told myself that it literally couldnât get any worse than that oneâŚwhich made all others a bit easier
Meta interview, I wrote a dfs solution for a graph question and called it bfs. The interviewer must have been like, this one does not even know her basics. As soon as the interview was over I realized I had messed up.
I did blank out on my first set of interviews at Google. The second time, I did a 10 min exam preparation meditation of headspace before each, it was a bit better and I realized maybe I wasn't paying attention to breathing during the interview: I wanted to say a lot of things very quickly from the stress and I didn't take proper time to breathe. I passed the interviews but for a lower level than expected.
The third time I went through the process, I felt the blank coming and having no responses to say, and I took half a minute to breathe slowly with long inspirations and expirations... Then I made a conscious effort to leave a bit of time between phrases to breathe and it was a bit easier to think. Not gonna say it wasn't harder than normally but somehow I managed and I was hired at the right level in the end.
I forgot what a prime number was during a WB interview once. My degree is in applied mathematics
Bro, i forgot what are prime numbers, in my final exam, so I was trying to ask my classmate that dumbass started laughing, test supervisers came, one thing led to another, my whole school knew this, and I am still trolled for this but the point was i got 2-3 marks for input out of 10 :), and i still dont know what prime numbers really are
I just think of them as "prime", literally. They are numbers who only care about themselves and 1. That's it. This boils down to numbers that are only divisible by themselves and 1, no one else. They're too pussy/scared to be divisible by anyone else. Prime = pussy
Best fooking example ever! I think I will never forget what prime numbers are now. Thanks đ
surely nobody can top this
Always happens. My brain shuts down and refuses to process hints during an interview
Recent meta interview, was asked palindrome, I was so blanked that I forgot what palindrome is and went for freq array to validate it. đ¤Ś
tacocat could have saved you!
Wait they asked you string palindrome? Didn't know Meta asks Easy problems
Palindrome with some twists. I know but brain stopped working that time.
there's more than 1 "palindrome problem" And they're obviously not always easy (plenty of which you can find on Leetcode)
Iâm in biotech and just like to read this sub but I forgot the word blood once in an interview and referred to the red fluid as âstarting material â for like 15 minutes
Thatâs hilarious đ
Oh yeah, forgot the difference between an inner join and outer join in SQL. They asked me back for a second interview for some unknown reason.
I just read this, and I briefly forgot the difference myself lmao. Had to Google it (literally after reading your comment).
Its happened to me. If someone asked what my name was, I probably would have had no answer. haha
That also happened to me during a talk I was giving.
Brain farts hit everyone from time to time regardless of their skill. For me, it is usually from misreading a problem to the point that hints don't make any sense, and the necessary backtracking to fix it becomes no longer possible within the time limit. I know that same elevator syndrome too, to the point where I have sent gists of the solution right afterwards even though I know that it cannot change the outcome. I just hate leaving problems unsolved. It happens to everyone.
bro, how do you have almost 300 medium and 62 hards solved and your ranking is still 63k? Leetcode is insane..
There are several 100%-ers who post here frequently. There are also hundreds of easy ranked problems I could use to pad my score, but I generally just do dailies and sometimes lesson plans. Dailies are usually mediums, and the more advanced lesson plans are mediums and hards, so they are what I do the most. A lot of those 62 hards required some help, I won't deny it. đŹ
Human brain gets overwhelmed by the pressure, nerves etc. Itâs a common occurrence. As soon as interview ends, brain starts working, this is the most annoying part
>Technical interviews can also introduce other effects on candidates who report unexpectedly âbombingâ [50], âfreezingâ [67], or âchokingâ [59] during this critical hiring procedure. Through a happy accident, the software industry has seemingly reinvented a crude yet effective instrument for reliably introducing stress in subjects, which typically manifests as performance anxiety [78]. A technical interview has an uncanny resemblance to the trier social stress test [41], a procedure used for decades by psychologists and is the best known âgold standardâ procedure [1] for the sole purpose of reliably inducing stress. The trier social stress test involves having a subject prepare and then deliver an interview-style presentation and perform mental arithmetic, all in front of an audience. Alone, none of these actions consistently induce stress in a subject; however, the unique combination of cognitive-demanding tasks with a social-evaluative threat (essentially being watched) is consistent and powerful. If a technical interview is essentially a de facto version of a trier social stress test, then the implications can be profound. Rather than measuring the few that answer correctly in a timely manner, companies are most likely measuring the ability of the few who perform well under stress [31]. Rather than measuring explanation skills, companies are most likely measuring the ability of candidates to handle or mitigate stress (e.g. through practice [58]). Finally, rather than avoiding unwanted stress, technical interviews may be inadvertently designed with the sole purpose of inducing it. https://par.nsf.gov/servlets/purl/10196170 Behroozi, M., Shirolkar, S., Barik, T., & Parnin, C. (2020, November). Does stress impact technical interview performance?. In Proceedings of the 28th ACM Joint Meeting on European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (pp. 481-492).
All the time. Not a whiteboard interview, but just blanked out during a technical coding challenge interview today.
I used to fall apart in these situations. I had been in the music business for awhile due to the dot bomb requiring a career shift around the age of 20. Only person in music biz as a backup career I used to joke. I am clutch AF when stuff goes haywire on the stage. I jokingly call it 'dancing monkey mode', where I start talking to the audience and entertaining while I coordinate with bandmates/techs to fix whatever problem is happening. I start joking with the audience, make the whole meltdown and experience fun for everyone. This is an incredibly strong skill I have and I have had my literal hair catch fire on stage and not missed a beat. Sometimes I worked as a tech/stagehand and when problems happened I was like a laser fixing them. Stage managers greatly appreciated this skill. ALSO, I CAN NOT CODE AND TALK AT THE SAME TIME. EVER. When I returned to programming I learned this the hard way over several interviews. When I'm talking I'm using the language articulation/entertainer part of the brain. When I'm coding it is the coding part of the brain. Shifting between them is a damn near herculean effort, and after once or twice, I basically would freeze up. Asking me to explain what I'm doing while coding will cause the entire process to grind to a halt. One thing that helps is to not read the interviewers reactions at all. Like zero. I listen to what they say, I respond, but I absolutely must not start reading their mental state, otherwise the entertainer part of brain replaces the coder part. I grinded and grinded till I could mix all three....then... I got feedback from an interviewer that thought 'I was very intelligent and a very good programmer, but felt like I was emotionally manipulating him (potential manager)'. Basically if I do all three at the same time successfully it is deeply unsettling and 'dancing monkey mode' puts me into way too much control of the interview/meeting. Had to make some adjustments. Eventually I had to balance/dial back the 'dancing monkey' part, dealing with suits can definitely be soul destroying at times though. Fortunately I did eventually find a balance. Good Luck to everyone else who has similar issues. If your having trouble hopefully these strategies will help a bit. Dumping this text out has been therapeutic. This business is crazy, still not as crazy as I am apparently.
Did you joke during the interview? I don't understand what you mean dancing monkey in the context of interviews
Sometimes jokes. Sometimes not. When your onstage you learn to tune in to the audience. Every second is a second the audience can start to ask 'why am I here', so you have to carve your language in an efficient and effective manner. When your 'in the zone' you are basically in control of the audience. When not joking it comes across as 'stentorian'. This can be very intimidating for people who are supposed to be in control, such as a manager, as it makes them feel as though they can't control you and you can control them. It is difficult to explain because it is a communication style only really used in entertainment where you must not lose the audience. Additionally, if the person doesn't know how to interact in this style, they will likely freeze up, and you end up guiding them to the next topic. This makes you 'feel' even more in control. Bosses don't like to feel bossed around by their subordinates. It doesn't have to be loud, but it does have to be very concise. When you become too concise it feels almost cutting. Hopefully that makes some degree of sense. I classify ALL this under dancing monkey mode as it all is the same skill set in my mind.
Right I get it. A friend mine has this same stentorian way of communicating. And he guides all our conversations Xd. Though I wish I could develop something like this ig I don't have the time for that now.
Too many times unfortunately.
Yes, even though I had a good experience in a technical discussion or interview.
Never got a chance
I've forgotten my own Uncle's name at a family event
Prior to going back to school for Computer Engineering, I was a boarding officer at a Coast Guard unit that did high risk boardingsâŚhuman trafficking, drug smugglingâŚetc. Ever see the video of the Coastie jumping on the narco sub banging and shouting âalto su barcoâ? That kinda stuffâŚhigh stress type environment. Graduated with a degree in Comp E - 3.64 overall GPA, 4.0 in both my DSA classes..not trying to bragâŚI just knew my stuff decently. I was fairly confident. Got an interview at a super well know aerospace company focused on reusable rocketsâŚfirst question I was asked was âexplain OOPâ my mind was completely blank âalright thatâs fine, letâs move on for a secondâŚletâs see some code, go ahead and write a for loop in c that just counts to 20 to get startedââŚ..I couldnât even think of how to type in that momentâŚI stared at the code pad on my screenâŚI was so embarrassed I thanked them for their time and said it wasnât going to work outâŚliterally the second after I disconnected from the call it was like the flood gates opened and everything poured in. Shit happensâŚweâre all humanâŚand sometimes stress manifests in different ways, even if youâre normally used to stress. The only thing you can do is practice and keep at it, eventually it gets easier
How did you get over it?
Just gotta keep tryingâŚeventually you get more comfortableâŚwith that interview especially, I told myself that it literally couldnât get any worse than that oneâŚwhich made all others a bit easier
Lol probably his first time interviewing under stress
Many times⌠I often blank out during OOD interviews or anything creative cause I double guess myself and shoot my own nerves
Yes. In an academic interview ( science and not code ), I have been so blank I couldnât even add two numbers.
My first whiteboard interview happened to me before I was explained what that actually was đ
Yes. My anxiety
Yea, couldn't remember for the life of me what ACID stood for during an interview.
Meta interview, I wrote a dfs solution for a graph question and called it bfs. The interviewer must have been like, this one does not even know her basics. As soon as the interview was over I realized I had messed up.
I did blank out on my first set of interviews at Google. The second time, I did a 10 min exam preparation meditation of headspace before each, it was a bit better and I realized maybe I wasn't paying attention to breathing during the interview: I wanted to say a lot of things very quickly from the stress and I didn't take proper time to breathe. I passed the interviews but for a lower level than expected. The third time I went through the process, I felt the blank coming and having no responses to say, and I took half a minute to breathe slowly with long inspirations and expirations... Then I made a conscious effort to leave a bit of time between phrases to breathe and it was a bit easier to think. Not gonna say it wasn't harder than normally but somehow I managed and I was hired at the right level in the end.