Why are technical coding interviews so hard?

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Engineering with Utsav

Engineering with Utsav

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@mrowlbert
@mrowlbert 2 жыл бұрын
A word of caution to people who watch this video: it really only applies to a narrow band of companies. Do your research. Study and prep only as much as needed for for your selected employers. If it’s FAANG, fine, listen to Utsav. If it’s for your local web dev shop, you’ll probably waste a lot of time and leave money on the table by not applying sooner. Keep learning and keep building and good luck out there!
@EngineeringwithUtsav
@EngineeringwithUtsav 2 жыл бұрын
This is 100% accurate. This is the trend almost exclusively for big tech. Smaller companies or start ups have a very different approach to interviews. Big tech generally treats their hires as investments, and they have a large hiring budget, so they can wait for months (if not years) for their hires to materialize their potential. For most other companies, they want you to be immediately effective, so it’s not about potential but how quickly you can get up and running. Thanks for pointing it out, Albert.
@peterbelanger4094
@peterbelanger4094 2 жыл бұрын
Why would anyone want to work for any of those "FAANG" companies? They ARE the enemy. Seriously, they are. We need to do something about that. If you desire to work for one of them, then you are the enemy too. Corporate culture must end! Fuck the corporate types!
@CarEnthused
@CarEnthused 2 жыл бұрын
@@peterbelanger4094 because they pay exorbitant salaries and once you work for one you can go relatively anywhere you want. Plus it depends what you’re fighting against. I imagine a lot of Google employees don’t think they’re as corporate as IBM. I work at a big tech company that has a soul but it’s a tier below FAANG. It’s perfect for me to feel like I’m making an impact at a company that cares and to be exposed to a level of problems I haven’t been able to see with my first decades experience in startups.
@danielmac8780
@danielmac8780 2 жыл бұрын
I am applying for many Canadian company(Startups), they are also doing this now. So to be honest, everyone is trying to copy FAANG.
@purrfectempire
@purrfectempire 2 жыл бұрын
@@danielmac8780 Yeah, They act like FAANG and dont pay like them.
@AinurEru
@AinurEru 2 жыл бұрын
A major factor that is left-out of this discussion is the "opportunity cost" payed by candidates for investing months/years into specializing in dealing with this standardized process, as oppose to spending that same time/energy into far more productive and relevant directions for their career develpment overall. It is very likly to be an overall net-loss for candidates if the opportunity cost is factored in, considering that much of that investment is really only relevant for this interviewing-process itself, typically being mostly forgotton the moment they land a job. It's the exact same story with standardized testing, it is an approach that optimized much more in service of the party that needs to filter, at the expence of the party being filtered. Also once a target is being measured specifically, it often leads to overspecialization into mastering it by candidates, leading to hires of candidates that had excelle in that process "at the expense" of investing in their ability to provide high value once hired. There's a conflation between "standardization" and "objectivity": Just because a measuring process is "standardized", doesn't make it "objective". We can all "agree" on what "signal" was provided by an interview, all the while having that signal poorly correlated/indicative of a strong hire and not realizing that we're measuring the wrong thing so that "agreement" about the "measurment" is irrelevant and we're not aware of that. Anyone interseted in what an actually better interviewing process for all parties might look like, take the time to see a demonstration of that here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZfciKmAmdh3iKs
@gabrielfono844
@gabrielfono844 2 жыл бұрын
This guy is my mentor. Being a software developer after teaching myself for two years, I am now focus on algorithms and datastructure to talke my skills to the next level
@shashankbhat9646
@shashankbhat9646 2 жыл бұрын
I have been following your channel for a while now, I simply love the crisp and clear way of communication of what is most important for software engineers. Also great backgrounds, lighting, clear sound systems you have. Keep going Utsav. Would love to see your channel cross a million subscribers.
@SauravKumar-vj7ks
@SauravKumar-vj7ks 2 жыл бұрын
Utsav, man you don''t now how much crap you are cutting through the entire software engineering industry in general which is full of opinions and escaping strategies to get away from mastering the fundamentals and justify their just enough way of shallow learning. You're a real gem and sure I get to learn something really fascinating from you in each of your videos. Keep being the guiding light to a lot of the software engineers out there especially the new ones. Surely this channel deserves no less than a million subscribers.
@EngineeringwithUtsav
@EngineeringwithUtsav 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, buddy! Comments like these keep me going! 🙏🏽
@armandoleon9901
@armandoleon9901 2 жыл бұрын
My problem is I tend to forget easily. When I’m not actively recalling concepts (DSA) and studying things I need for work, such as a technology within our tech stack or another to solve a problem, I forget concepts in DSA over time. And when an interview offer comes up, I panic because I haven’t been proactively studying DSA, I’ve been learning something else. I try to study one thing at a time, too. When I try to do a bunch of these things at once, I don’t honor my health and myself and I get super burnt out and my health takes a bit. I try to knock one thing out at a time, but I don’t wanna spend so much time on software engineering. I love it, but I have other interests too and I wanna spend time with family. It’s such a balancing act. I am willing to time and task manage, but I get super obsessed/stressed (more of a personal problem) when something doesn’t go to plan or something comes up and puts me behind schedule. Anyone have experience with this and have any suggestions?
@levizin917
@levizin917 2 жыл бұрын
I also have a hard time focusing on multiple things at once, what went super well for me was focusing a long time on competitive programming ( but the same apply to leetcode) to the point where you are good enough to in a week relive your knowledge by solving some problems, this time can go from 3 months to a year and thats up to where you are in your career and how intensely you can train.
@levizin917
@levizin917 2 жыл бұрын
and dont think its a waste of time because you will see your logic ability improve in your future projects, and when learning complex solutions
@armandoleon9901
@armandoleon9901 2 жыл бұрын
Will do 😌 thank you for the advice 🙏
@sylvesterdzimiri3266
@sylvesterdzimiri3266 2 жыл бұрын
Love your channel man. You are an inspiration
@philhagerman
@philhagerman 2 жыл бұрын
It’s not that tech interviews are unfair, but you have to wonder why everyone at these Silicon Valley companies all look the same and share the same mindset of the world. The process in which they evaluate “successful” candidates is all the same so you end up getting a monoculture. Step outside the valley or FAANG in general and interviews are nothing like this. I’ve been doing this for close to 25 years across a variety of industries and the rest of the world is nothing like this. The only ones outside Silicon Valley that follow this mindset are startups who want to believe they are the next FAANG company. Just saying not all interviews are the Mike Tyson fight. There are an awful lot of BTS dance party interviews out there.
@ChocolateMilkCultLeader
@ChocolateMilkCultLeader 2 жыл бұрын
What is interesting to me is the fact that so many people are now studying for coding interviews. My articles on this have hit 150k views, AlgoExpert has had over 100k paying subs, I'm sure your videos on this have done well, Leetcode has tons you users etc etc. So it's very unlikely that people will come across problems they haven't seen before in an interview. How do you think interviews will change to reflect that? Will they just get harder? More specific questions? Behavioral? I'd be interested in your thoughts because you've actually been involved in the hiring process
@chinomsojohnson8746
@chinomsojohnson8746 2 жыл бұрын
Almost every company uses leetcode style interviews now. I have gotten codility screens which consist of leetcode style questions for WordPress developer positions. I absolutely hated them and didnt wanna do them but I completely have no choice as they are the barrier to the kind of life I want.
@angelicking2890
@angelicking2890 2 жыл бұрын
yes. Those that think "you can get hired easily as a junior dev" good luck trying. You are going to go through many many hurdles and included in that is algorithms. You get lied to by out of touch people saying "they want you to teach you" at the same time requiring 2 years of experience to get into a junior role with little pay, we're not talking about AWS 100k+ junior role pay we're talking about 25k or 30k. It's a joke.
@PeteGay
@PeteGay 2 жыл бұрын
The BEST explanation of technical interviews I have ever seen! Well done. Companies don't want test takers and regurgitators. They want problem solvers who know when they reach their limits and when to find assistance and reference to move past an obstacle.
@apurbapanja1693
@apurbapanja1693 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for changing the way I see the TECH interview in my mind. I am new in tech and you are one of the inspirations of my tech career. lots of love.
@WilliamDye-willdye
@WilliamDye-willdye 2 жыл бұрын
Old coder here. I have mixed feelings about tech interviews, but overall I'm still very dissatisfied with them. The bottom line is simply this: the correlation between performance in the interviews and job performance is weak. It's even weaker when you consider that the people doing the hiring and promotion fit in well with the existing system, which makes it difficult to detect a problem with the existing system. If fairness, the process does seem to be improving, and it's a tough task in general. The best thing I've noticed about tech interviews is that it detects non-coders who somehow managed to have a good resume. So I'm not completely against tech interviews, but I also don't place a lot of value on them.
@AndrewARitz
@AndrewARitz 2 жыл бұрын
Middle aged coder here, and I agree. My experience is that when a company wants a mid-senior level dev to complete a college textbook problem in their interview (palindrome detectors, etc.) you don't want to work there. It shows that their priorities, and what they are looking for in a candidate is all wrong. I've only participated in ONE interview where a question/challenge had to do with debugging FFS!
@nakamuii
@nakamuii 2 жыл бұрын
If you're going to make a claim that the correlation between interviews and job performance is weak, can we see some data to back that up? I have a hard time believing that massive, data-driven companies like Google, Amazon, Meta, etc. would rely on an interviewing practices that don't work for so long. At the very least, it's the best tool we currently have, even if it isn't that great in reality.
@WilliamDye-willdye
@WilliamDye-willdye 2 жыл бұрын
@@nakamuii The most careful & data-backed sources I know of are the studies done by Laszlo Bock, back when he was the head of HR at Google. He solidly refuted the value of "brain teaser" questions, despite their long history at tech companies. He also cast plenty of data-backed doubts on at least some forms of coding tests. There have been other studies, but a search for "Laszlo Bock" is a good starting point. As to why bad practices persist, one factor is that it's been easier to prove that a method is bad than find a verifiable alternative. Another seems to be that the people doing the interviews tend to do whatever they went through when they were hired, even after reading that it doesn't work.
@AndrewARitz
@AndrewARitz 2 жыл бұрын
@@nakamuii "...even if it isn't that great in reality." Nice of you to agree with the claim you are trying to refute.
@BrandonToone
@BrandonToone 2 жыл бұрын
@@WilliamDye-willdye Thanks for the info on Laszlo. One data point I would like to know is how many previous interviews did the hire do before getting hired? Personally I do worse on my first few interviews / code challenges and then progressively get better as I become more comfortable and think/practice more about DSA. I would think that would skew the results because this filter may be causing companies to pass on people that are simply early in their job search.
@SamratKafle
@SamratKafle 2 жыл бұрын
Dai, this is awesome I am based on Dallas. Recently found your channel and thought of nothing at first but your work schedule made me wanna watch more of your videos. Such an inspiration.
@kathiravanmanimozhi8521
@kathiravanmanimozhi8521 2 жыл бұрын
One of the best channels to get some good advice, hands down. Utsav, would you be willing to do a paid career counseling session for an hour or so please?
@manishcoding5383
@manishcoding5383 2 жыл бұрын
Believe me i find you inspirational from the moment you start talking. Thank you. Now with that leetcode tshirt on am motivated even more to continue improving my current skill if it exists 😂
@theSeniorSDE
@theSeniorSDE 2 жыл бұрын
Loved this video, especially the mike tyson analogy. We can expect such content only from you Utsav
@musical_nights
@musical_nights 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks much Utsav for sharing your perspective on coding interviews, I always had this question "Why invert a binary tree" when thats not required much in Job, but I guess your whole point about mental shift and signals explain all that!
@magicja
@magicja 2 жыл бұрын
I just ordered Computer Science Distilled, a book you recommended in a previous video. Its not every day you find KZbin content that isn't about trying to make money for ones self. I really appreciate you not fishing for likes and subs, hence why I like and subscribed to your channel.
@EngineeringwithUtsav
@EngineeringwithUtsav 2 жыл бұрын
Appreciate it. 🤘🏼
@jaycoolcontent
@jaycoolcontent 2 жыл бұрын
My only problem is that it takes too long and creates burn out. Its mental gymnastics really. It shouldn't take a month to figure out if someone is a good fit and extend an offer. It shouldn't be longer than 2 weeks tops. Thats why i recommend starting off at start ups and smaller/mid sized companies before going straight for FAANG. Its best to go for faang when you already havee a job. FAANG & top tech companies, their process is very long and time consuming. It can be 1 month or 2 months. But the worst part is doing everything right or what you're supposed to do and still dont get an offer. All the blood, sweat, & tears through grueling 1-2 month long interviews and the mental gymnastics, go for nothing. That feeling creates burn out. Hear all these stories of applying to over 300 jobs before getting an offer. To me, it requires decent interview skills but the biggest factor is luck. Luck plays a huge part of the process. Be lucky you got a easy question, or a good interviewer and they liked you, or the process was smooth. But if you're getting only 1 offer out of 300 jobs you applied for, there's something wrong. To me ppl should be getting, at least these days for every 10 offers you should get at least 3. Theres something wrong w/ your resume and didnt tailor it to match keywords.
@luistovar6916
@luistovar6916 2 жыл бұрын
thanks for your advice, I'm a developer from México and I'm watching your videos to get used to listen English and also to know how to improve some skills required to pass an interview
@freeopensource
@freeopensource 2 жыл бұрын
Have been following you since long. This video was really great !! gave a nice MENTAL SHIFT
@vulpixelful
@vulpixelful 2 жыл бұрын
I agree with what you said, especially not having to work for a FAANG :) But, I still do manage to work at companies who get signals from "applied programming" interviews focused on a domain, either in the interview or a take-home. And they had/have especially talented engineers : wrote books, contributed to programming language implementations, etc). And I'm not counting myself out either, just give it a few more years :) But, you need the fundamentals to be a "power user" (didn't want to say "rockstar") engineer so I still agree that the fundamentals are important.
@sudaminis1302
@sudaminis1302 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video. You are a mentor I never had! You have inspired me to prepare for interviews and aim to get a job where I can make a difference.
@artistryartistry7239
@artistryartistry7239 2 жыл бұрын
I can't speak for anyone else, but I have never "dreamed" of working anywhere for anyone. The only thing I dream about is running my own business, and being my own boss. Imagine "dreaming" of being commanded by another person/entity.
@anurag01a
@anurag01a 2 жыл бұрын
This video is Gold! Thanks Utsav Sir :))
@johnathanrice3569
@johnathanrice3569 2 жыл бұрын
If you really are testing the engineers for how will the handle things under pressure maybe you should re-examine why there are so many fires at your company that constantly need to be put out. Well-run company you never code under pressure because things have been well planned out and well unit tested
@ShotterManable
@ShotterManable 2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful video, thanks for sharing your knowledge!
@johnathanrice3569
@johnathanrice3569 2 жыл бұрын
They’re hard because people like you don’t understand that you’re actually getting pretty useless information from testing a marathon runner on how fast they run 100 m dash
@cur92lyone
@cur92lyone 2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video! Loved it! Especially, the mindset shift!
@prabhuarokiasamy335
@prabhuarokiasamy335 2 жыл бұрын
Much Needed video. Thanks for your words.
@TheRecordedLife
@TheRecordedLife 2 жыл бұрын
Superb Video Utsav, loved it, definitely a lot of useful information to take from it.
@mojjammil
@mojjammil 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve been parking so many offers just because I wasn’t feeling confident and well prepared. You just changed my mentality. I should just face any interviews without feeling stressed or worried. Amazing content as always.
@jhors7777
@jhors7777 Жыл бұрын
Excellent channel, thank you.
@yoboshi6396
@yoboshi6396 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Utsav! I learned a lot. Another great content. 💯😊👍🏼
@TheSoulCrisis
@TheSoulCrisis 2 жыл бұрын
Great perspective on the matter!
@Lucas.P.
@Lucas.P. 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for your content ! So helpful
@piyushsharma3405
@piyushsharma3405 2 жыл бұрын
Although, I agree with the concept of technical interview and their purpose. I generally do not like the way they are conducted. I believe there is more to being a good software engineer than to just show how effectively you can solve a leetcode problem. If you are a developer, you know there is much more than what some KZbinrs depict. Its not all just code. Its also about stepping out of your comfort zone and constantly evolving. I believe there could be a better way to test a person technically while achieving the same goal of finding a candidate with good problem solving skills but more than that. :) I love the videos
@sandroalmeida5811
@sandroalmeida5811 2 жыл бұрын
One of the best videos on the topic I ever seen
@theanonymoustechie
@theanonymoustechie 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent Advice, thank you!
@Ctrl_Alt_Elite
@Ctrl_Alt_Elite 2 жыл бұрын
I haven't even started DS&A yet. I hear "space-time complexity" or "O of n" and I'm like "a-what-now" 😆 Thanks for the great insights though. I was pretty terrified of the idea of technical interviews but this makes them seem less daunting.
@byaruhaf
@byaruhaf 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the fair and balanced presentation, on the facts of coding interviews but I still want that FAANG or MAANG job
@denizliberal
@denizliberal 2 жыл бұрын
Point is that FAANG companies want to interview 100 candidates and hire only one. That ratio will not change no matter how much the average skills of the candidate pool improves. They have the idea of hiring genius. American companies never invest on their people, they need skill and they wanna go hire from anywhere in the globe 3-5 years then, lay off that individual and hire a new skill.
@minciNashu
@minciNashu 2 жыл бұрын
5:18 I get that correlation, I really do. But is it really problem solving when you're just applying an ingrained leetcode pattern?
@EngineeringwithUtsav
@EngineeringwithUtsav 2 жыл бұрын
🤷🏼‍♂️ depends on how many different patterns you know. Isn’t all problem-solving some pattern you recall from somewhere else?
@johnathanrice3569
@johnathanrice3569 2 жыл бұрын
I don’t understand in what world you think that testing someone on skills that are not related to their job is better than testing them on skills that are related to their job. All you’re doing is inferring about situations that we all know never occur in real programming. You have esoteric knowledge that you just love flaunting but in reality you don’t spend any time using it and you’re wasting All that mental space that could used to study useful topics, not things are solved by the STL 99.9% a time
@johnathanrice3569
@johnathanrice3569 2 жыл бұрын
I’m gonna test people on how well they do a tuneup on my car next time and see how they handle the pressure
@ahmedhosny4910
@ahmedhosny4910 2 жыл бұрын
great tips as usual thanks utsav
@carlfeola4574
@carlfeola4574 2 жыл бұрын
Software development is the only profession that I know of that expect a candidate to pass a test to get a job. Once a lawyer passes the Bar, a Doctor and other medical professionals pass the boards, network and systems admins get their certs, and even pro truck drivers get their CDL, these professionals and all other professionals/skilled works that need some sort of license or certificate never have to test again. So why does software development require this…
@minciNashu
@minciNashu 2 жыл бұрын
Lawyers and doctors interview as well. It's not like all lawyers are equal. Nor are they equally paid.
@thewpwing
@thewpwing 2 жыл бұрын
I like the idea of participate interview for fun :) I will definitely start doing it to overcome the fear of interview. Thanks
@infinitelog
@infinitelog 2 жыл бұрын
I have lot of regret that I didn't took DSA and discrete math class in my undergrad seriously. The word was around "no body is writing a binary search at work. so why waste time on it". My piece of advice is to learn DSA and practice. Stick to the basics and build a strong foundation. I never worked for a FAANG but the prep was good enough to get me a job in my dream company.
@pablourbanohernandezvizcarra
@pablourbanohernandezvizcarra 2 жыл бұрын
This is my problem, fundamentals about Data Structures and Algorithms I need to study it
@senthilkumar5
@senthilkumar5 2 жыл бұрын
Best insight on tech interview
@vishakhah2791
@vishakhah2791 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Utsav for posting such an insightful video !_/\_. It gave me a really good perspective on my interview anxiety :)
@dtg5790
@dtg5790 Жыл бұрын
I would be curious to know the data / studies you are referring to showing a correlation between signals and “success” of a candidate. Do you know where one could find the study you are referring to? Thanks so much for your great content!
@ashikahmmed8809
@ashikahmmed8809 2 жыл бұрын
I really love your lovely explanation... 🥰🥰🥰
@MadhuSudhanpro
@MadhuSudhanpro 2 жыл бұрын
"Coding interviews are always be like fighting with Mike Tyson" That's cracked me up 😄 mainly because it's true
@williamikennanwosu
@williamikennanwosu 2 жыл бұрын
You look so happy 😁!
@TheCricketChap
@TheCricketChap 2 жыл бұрын
Great topic. Excellent video 👍
@guyswithhoodie3572
@guyswithhoodie3572 2 жыл бұрын
I agree! we should never stop appearing for interview. I guess once in every 6 months to appear for an interview to check where you stand and if land into that offer without any pressure. You may wanna take it.
@Lucas-uy3bu
@Lucas-uy3bu 2 жыл бұрын
Great video, unfortunately not all interviewers are like you, especially at big companies. A significant portion is arrogant or just decides that they don't like you. I met 1-2 such interviewers in each of the 4 full loops I did so far.
@quant.nguyen3275
@quant.nguyen3275 2 жыл бұрын
Then that's the good sign telling you shouldn't join that company 😅.
@Lucas-uy3bu
@Lucas-uy3bu 2 жыл бұрын
@@quant.nguyen3275 Not really, every company has all sorts of people, even the top ones. I think that interviews are a random process on which you don't have full control.
@douglasmakey
@douglasmakey 2 жыл бұрын
They are just testing your memory if you remember a similar solution or approach after studying 2/3/6 months to pass them!
@Rajmanov
@Rajmanov 2 жыл бұрын
well , all exams in the word are doing that.
@futurepreneur5403
@futurepreneur5403 2 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best video.
@aashishkarki7867
@aashishkarki7867 2 жыл бұрын
Sir, are you from Nepal? If yes, then did you graduate from Pulchowk?
@ngoako
@ngoako 2 жыл бұрын
Pretty much agree with everything you said, but even if a candidate views them as fair and appropriate and preps accordingly, it means nothing if the interviewer is bad and doesn't share the same mindset that the standidized interviews require. It should go both ways.
@BigC116
@BigC116 2 жыл бұрын
Honestly, I started watching your videos when I was just looking for desk setups. Over time you have provided so much great information and changed my mindset. I really think that you can collate your material and build a course. Thanks and keep it up!
@leykunwoldesemayat1601
@leykunwoldesemayat1601 2 жыл бұрын
For someone participating in competitive programming while having a job or as a student, could that help in interviews or does only studying with prep books enough?
@ArunKumar-jk5pq
@ArunKumar-jk5pq 2 жыл бұрын
Nicely explained Utsav! May be top companies training interviewers to learn these signals. But unfortunately every company - startups & others - try doing this without knowing what to look for in the candidates is making it difficult for them. They miss to understand - if a candidate is so good at interviews, why wouldn’t they go to top most tier? why would they join a startup that is not established nor pay like top tier company?
@omjogani
@omjogani 2 жыл бұрын
Coding interviews are hard but also when you look at money that hardness just go away :)
@feeling4929
@feeling4929 2 жыл бұрын
I think even in big tech the interview questions are not standardized. Amazon has more weight on LPs and Google will straight out reject if you can't solve DP question within 45 min with optimal complexity. I can say in case of Google and other big companies you have to have a working solution majority of the time only then they consider.
@a_maher99309
@a_maher99309 2 жыл бұрын
First of all, thanks for this amazing video Second, i have two questions 1-is learning the implementation of data structures and the all their codes to make them ( like avl or red black trees) essential for these interviews, or it's about understanding their concepts, working using them, and solve problems with them 2- For a college internship, how different will be the hiring, and the questions of the interviews, and how to actually be ready to get an internship in one of these big companies?
@nicholascherry5962
@nicholascherry5962 2 жыл бұрын
lmaoo yoo, a LR AVL tree rotation, I'm literally learning this in my Algorithms class right now!
@rajendragosavi2233
@rajendragosavi2233 2 жыл бұрын
Golden Words :)
@ssarefintanweer6191
@ssarefintanweer6191 2 жыл бұрын
Our mentor.
@blargithonify
@blargithonify 2 жыл бұрын
So you’re saying I don’t have to study dsa and grind leetcode, I can just take the interview with no prep? Because after all, the interviewer should be judging me on problem solving, not fundamentals.
@alankjohn9263
@alankjohn9263 2 жыл бұрын
if it's free then am I the product?
@HominisLupis
@HominisLupis 2 жыл бұрын
usually, but then it's also almost always "worth it."
@Rajmanov
@Rajmanov 2 жыл бұрын
yes, and it's ok
@monsterclass
@monsterclass 2 жыл бұрын
I get the wrong signals
@rudranilshil9379
@rudranilshil9379 2 жыл бұрын
I want to work for Google, i have to achieve my dream to have a life like you
@TimeLoop01
@TimeLoop01 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@blargithonify
@blargithonify 2 жыл бұрын
How does it cost a million dollars to fire someone?
@breensrobert
@breensrobert 2 жыл бұрын
100% agree
@arpit1145
@arpit1145 Жыл бұрын
Agree with the content of the video but Interview coding question on Hirevue /Hacker rank are many times not solvable. Most Recruiters do not know how to share good questions which are solvable.
@thetruthsayer8347
@thetruthsayer8347 2 жыл бұрын
You made a great argument. I still think it tech interviews are stupid but I need a job and I’ll do them anyway 😂
@adrianspikes6454
@adrianspikes6454 2 жыл бұрын
Interviews in tech have become firing squads of 3-4 ppl asking easy to wild questions. Of course it is fair as it happens to each candidate but that as far "fair" goes. If you can't remember everything you have learned (taking notes as you learn) them your out of luck. But the same ppl conducting interviews still have to research things in their job and most have not created an application from the ground up that really did anything so you have a bunch of "coasters" that have great memory. Woop te dew!! That doesn't show leadership, acumen nor real-world problem solving. And this is why the tech industry is always putting out fires, getting hacked, losing data, etc. But the interviews as they are should catch things like that, right? Nope that's not what the interviews are for, it's a hazing ritual. So why not give prospects problems to work on at home with the caveat that they have to explain step-by-step the pros and cons of their choices? Oh because they will look up answers! But what do the current staff of devs do, they look up answers to their problems to find a perfect solution. Same difference, IMHO. It is amazing how the code reviews work in companies as most do not really review anything they just sign off and pull it, no questions asked.
@mohamedabdul633
@mohamedabdul633 2 жыл бұрын
Leetcode makes my cs degree useless. Seriously considering switching careers 😂
@theultimatereductionist7592
@theultimatereductionist7592 2 жыл бұрын
FAANG =??
@anandsen
@anandsen 2 жыл бұрын
Wearing the LeetCode 👕 and mentioning Arc () as sponsor, Whether Leetcode is a Co sponsor, Paid enough to be on t-shirt only or what's the case here
@EngineeringwithUtsav
@EngineeringwithUtsav 2 жыл бұрын
You are overthinking. It’s just a shirt I own. I wore it because it fits the theme of the video.
@averagehank2740
@averagehank2740 2 жыл бұрын
You can get data points about a person’s thinking by asking them to solve a Rubik’s cube as well. In fact, arbitrary questions like “How would you determine number of marbles in this jar?” Or “solve this Rubik’s cube in 5 minutes” brain teasers were how interviews were conducted in some industries. Just disappointed Tech interviews are more focused on pageantries than actually being good at the job.
@chazzman4553
@chazzman4553 2 жыл бұрын
Interviews must be an assesment of your capability to think, and to think FAST! You can teach a man how to read and how to write, but you can't teach him/her how to compose a novel! The same with programming tons and tons of youtube educated SHIT coders!
@Rajmanov
@Rajmanov 2 жыл бұрын
If the person tries every single day to compose a novel after a considerable amount of time that person will end up doing one, but the majority of people just surrender after an immense number of fails.
@craigfoster9996
@craigfoster9996 2 жыл бұрын
Is problem solving coachable? Also we talk about data but it’s self-selecting only “successful” candidates. To really talk about data, you would need to follow-up with the people who didn’t meet the supposed gold standard and see how they actually performed especially if we invest in them. I’m willing to bet this isn’t studied as the emphasis is not on training or coaching.
@zuko442
@zuko442 2 жыл бұрын
Previous thumbnail was better
@julianparrish8197
@julianparrish8197 11 ай бұрын
Tech interview are terrible...I had an interview where I'm asked to solve a coding problem, ok I code a solution that works fine then the interviewer starts throwing in edge cases that require a total refactor, why not include this in the initial question what a privilege to be able to just come up with side missions when a candidate is under a lot of pressure...smh
@holdir
@holdir 2 жыл бұрын
Tech interviews like the ones you describe are useless. I myself refuse to participate on those parts of the interviews, because they do not prove anything, specially if the assignment is not even related to your area of expertise.
@EngineeringwithUtsav
@EngineeringwithUtsav 2 жыл бұрын
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@chi500ridah2
@chi500ridah2 2 жыл бұрын
I think the best advice is TOTALLY AVOID companies who use these types of interview techniques! I worked for them for 20yrs!! TOTAL WASTE OF TIME! Go work for a company that actually has valuable for you to do and experienced engineers to help you grow!! AVOID these big firms packed with research students and glorified academics hahahaha find a company with real work for you to do and REAL engineers who can mentor you!
@laupeter4594
@laupeter4594 2 жыл бұрын
Lol why is it that he ended the video with an advert of some startup! Is this the new way to market ? Sounds tacky
@vishalmp777
@vishalmp777 2 жыл бұрын
Maang**
@TheConstantLearnerGuy
@TheConstantLearnerGuy 2 жыл бұрын
:)
@bassamfouad7809
@bassamfouad7809 2 жыл бұрын
Wasted my 17 minutes. Try to deliver some quality content
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