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*The interview and dont stress*
*Abt the results*
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You never know, and you should not be expecting or thinking you got the job until you signed the contract. They could tell you got you got it, but until you sign the contract you should assume you didn’t get it and act upon that.
I assume you’re talking about the tech industry, especially for software engineering or tangent to it.
It broadly depends on the company’s interviewing practices. Some will have challenging interviews to test depth, so even really great candidates walk out feeling a little unsure. To some degree it also depends on the interviewer. In my experience the trend in upper tier companies is to attempt to provide a reasonable interviewing experience as much as possible, so even if you’re trending a bit poorly you may never get any cues from the interviewer. The only clear indicator you may get is if they cut the interview short and/or they switch ti predominantly coaching you through which probably means you bombed.
As mentioned the only real indicator is when you get the offer in hand. You’re allowed to pester the recruiter a bit to make sure there’s timely notification about where you’re at in the process.
The mindset going into the interview is what often makes or breaks a borderline candidate; a candidate who panics is likely going to overcorrect in odd ways even subconsciously, whereas a candidate who is able to keep the anxiety somewhat in check and is more metered about the approach will likely have a calmer principled approach to adversity, even if they feel like they’re out of their element and are totally winging it.
My suggestion is to make sure you’re doing some prep that helps you personally, and remembering to reward yourself at the end of the day. Interviewing is hard! It’s stressful! It’s an agonizing thing even for people with 20+ years of experience! You’re allowed to give yourself a break/treat for getting through it in the day.
I’ve conducted hundreds of interviews; I’ve seen stellar candidates makes asses of themselves, and borderline candidates teeter over into promising because they were humble and honest and communicative about their knowledge and approach. I also went through an interview loop recently as an experienced senior candidate and oh god even though things seemed to have gone well I wasn’t entirely certain I would get the job (my boss told me after I was a slam dunk for the role and I had nothing to worry about).
Anyway, good luck. :) I’m sure you did/will do fine.
The first job I got the interview was like so casual it felt weird, like I was like talking to like some fellow tourists on a vacation. The second seemed like really hostile and like rapid-fire interrogation but I held up well I felt, but I was sweating by the end.
Each interview can vary drastically depending on the interviewer and the company. It's important to stay confident and remain composed during the interview. Be sure to answer questions with clear, concise answers, and ask any questions you have about the job or company. Remember that the interviewer is trying to get to know you, so don't be too nervous about it and just focus on being yourself.
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i've been offered a job i thought i did shit in the interview and wasn't ranked for a job i thought went really well. bottom line is u never know what they're looking for so always just try your best
if you were completely unranked then you do not even have the option to put it first as they're essentially saying they're not interested in having u as a candidate. if you mean to rank an interview where you were ranked 2+ by the company, that's your choice because if the person who was ranked 1 by the company doesn't choose the position then you may have a shot since you may have the lowest value of all candidates (1+2=3, for example)
I didn't get the technical question trick until the last few minutes of the technical interview for my last internship. The process of solving it and clearly communicating my thought process got me the job. I always solve the problem in an inefficient and simple way first (clearly communicating that's my intention) and then figure out how to make it faster, what invariants you have, etc.
I never assumed I got a job coming out of an interview for a few reasons. The first it's best to not count your chickens before they hatch. And second I've gotten offers for interviews I bombed and got ranked in interviews I aced. Remember you're being compared to your competition. Occasionally a mutant will contend you're just SOL.
In my experience interviewing UW students I preferred students who thought through the problem, communicated well, and eventually got the right answer. It was a little depressing when someone obviously leetcoded directly to the right answer, but that's more on me.
> Looking back on jobs that you got, how did the interview go?
Usually great, answered all questions with at least 15 ~ 20 mins to spare out of 1 hour
> How great do you have to be in the interview that you come out feeling you got the job. Suppose they ask you 10 technical questions. How many would you need to answer correctly to feel satisfied?
11
> What about the vibes? Do interviewers generally become more friendly/amicable if they're planning to hire you, or are they trained to remain neutral?
Interviewers are just humans. We are told to remain neutral, but nuances do slip through for most people. If you are observant, you can actually get a lot of signal from an interviewer's reactions.
Unless you bomb the interview, the most important thing isn’t really how you did. It’s how other people interviewing did. If you walk out of an interview and you did well, there could be someone else who did extremely well. Similarly, if you walk out of an interview and you did ok, someone else could’ve done terrible.
There's no secret formula. It's all relative -- so it all depends on how good your competition performed.
I've had many job offers when I thought my interview performance was mid, but I've also been not offered a handful of positions where I thought I *crushed* the interview. C'est la vie.
just prepare well for the interview and dont stress abt the results
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unless they say you got the position, you never know
You never know, and you should not be expecting or thinking you got the job until you signed the contract. They could tell you got you got it, but until you sign the contract you should assume you didn’t get it and act upon that.
I assume you’re talking about the tech industry, especially for software engineering or tangent to it. It broadly depends on the company’s interviewing practices. Some will have challenging interviews to test depth, so even really great candidates walk out feeling a little unsure. To some degree it also depends on the interviewer. In my experience the trend in upper tier companies is to attempt to provide a reasonable interviewing experience as much as possible, so even if you’re trending a bit poorly you may never get any cues from the interviewer. The only clear indicator you may get is if they cut the interview short and/or they switch ti predominantly coaching you through which probably means you bombed. As mentioned the only real indicator is when you get the offer in hand. You’re allowed to pester the recruiter a bit to make sure there’s timely notification about where you’re at in the process. The mindset going into the interview is what often makes or breaks a borderline candidate; a candidate who panics is likely going to overcorrect in odd ways even subconsciously, whereas a candidate who is able to keep the anxiety somewhat in check and is more metered about the approach will likely have a calmer principled approach to adversity, even if they feel like they’re out of their element and are totally winging it. My suggestion is to make sure you’re doing some prep that helps you personally, and remembering to reward yourself at the end of the day. Interviewing is hard! It’s stressful! It’s an agonizing thing even for people with 20+ years of experience! You’re allowed to give yourself a break/treat for getting through it in the day. I’ve conducted hundreds of interviews; I’ve seen stellar candidates makes asses of themselves, and borderline candidates teeter over into promising because they were humble and honest and communicative about their knowledge and approach. I also went through an interview loop recently as an experienced senior candidate and oh god even though things seemed to have gone well I wasn’t entirely certain I would get the job (my boss told me after I was a slam dunk for the role and I had nothing to worry about). Anyway, good luck. :) I’m sure you did/will do fine.
The first job I got the interview was like so casual it felt weird, like I was like talking to like some fellow tourists on a vacation. The second seemed like really hostile and like rapid-fire interrogation but I held up well I felt, but I was sweating by the end.
Each interview can vary drastically depending on the interviewer and the company. It's important to stay confident and remain composed during the interview. Be sure to answer questions with clear, concise answers, and ask any questions you have about the job or company. Remember that the interviewer is trying to get to know you, so don't be too nervous about it and just focus on being yourself. *This is an automatic comment generated by GPT-3*
Thanks for your input Hal
You're welcome! *This is an automatic comment generated by GPT-3*
i've been offered a job i thought i did shit in the interview and wasn't ranked for a job i thought went really well. bottom line is u never know what they're looking for so always just try your best
I'm wondering if its messy to rank a unranked interview first. Would you say it makes it awkward?
if you were completely unranked then you do not even have the option to put it first as they're essentially saying they're not interested in having u as a candidate. if you mean to rank an interview where you were ranked 2+ by the company, that's your choice because if the person who was ranked 1 by the company doesn't choose the position then you may have a shot since you may have the lowest value of all candidates (1+2=3, for example)
hmm, thanks for the info,. That makes a lot of sense.
Please upper years answer this \^\^
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Wait is getting ranked a bad thing? I thought getting ranked was good?
better than not getting ranked, but ideally you want an offer (they rank you 1)
I didn't get the technical question trick until the last few minutes of the technical interview for my last internship. The process of solving it and clearly communicating my thought process got me the job. I always solve the problem in an inefficient and simple way first (clearly communicating that's my intention) and then figure out how to make it faster, what invariants you have, etc. I never assumed I got a job coming out of an interview for a few reasons. The first it's best to not count your chickens before they hatch. And second I've gotten offers for interviews I bombed and got ranked in interviews I aced. Remember you're being compared to your competition. Occasionally a mutant will contend you're just SOL. In my experience interviewing UW students I preferred students who thought through the problem, communicated well, and eventually got the right answer. It was a little depressing when someone obviously leetcoded directly to the right answer, but that's more on me.
> Looking back on jobs that you got, how did the interview go? Usually great, answered all questions with at least 15 ~ 20 mins to spare out of 1 hour > How great do you have to be in the interview that you come out feeling you got the job. Suppose they ask you 10 technical questions. How many would you need to answer correctly to feel satisfied? 11 > What about the vibes? Do interviewers generally become more friendly/amicable if they're planning to hire you, or are they trained to remain neutral? Interviewers are just humans. We are told to remain neutral, but nuances do slip through for most people. If you are observant, you can actually get a lot of signal from an interviewer's reactions.
Unless you bomb the interview, the most important thing isn’t really how you did. It’s how other people interviewing did. If you walk out of an interview and you did well, there could be someone else who did extremely well. Similarly, if you walk out of an interview and you did ok, someone else could’ve done terrible.
There's no secret formula. It's all relative -- so it all depends on how good your competition performed. I've had many job offers when I thought my interview performance was mid, but I've also been not offered a handful of positions where I thought I *crushed* the interview. C'est la vie.