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[Anonymous No.19113641]

Tips for the coding interview?

[Anonymous No.19113722]

>>19113641
Pic related if you don’t already own a copy.

[Anonymous No.19113785]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA

[Anonymous No.19113796]

>>19113641
lip balm and mouthwash

[Anonymous No.19113873]

>>19113722
I'm reading that shit but all examples are in C++. I'm planning on using Python.

>>19113785
Don't know why but I literally just spat out the water I was drinking kek thanks

[Anonymous No.19113914]

Wear a clean pair of programming socks

[Anonymous No.19113939]

>>19113873
Nigga the examples are Java. If you didn’t know that you have a lot to learn.

[Anonymous No.19113980]

>>19113914
Comfyyyyyy

[Anonymous No.19114001]

>>19113873
If you can't do a simple search online for the equivalent python code then you might as well just give up.Let a pajeet have it.

[Anonymous No.19114011]

>>19113641
First thing is to establish what your pronouns are. That will be the first question they ask in the interview.

[Anonymous No.19114035]

>>19113914
That's a tranny

[Anonymous No.19114108]

You need to assert dominance. When he asks you to solve a problem, tell him the problem is stupid, then solve a problem of your choosing.

For real though programming interviews are easy. Grind 100 leetcode problems just to get that shit in your short term memory and you'll be good to go. Maybe 150+ if it's your first time.

[Anonymous No.19114196]

>>19113641
Interviewed at Amazon in the past month, and received an offer. Biggest tip is to know your shit, like actually have learned it on the job and at school. They aren’t going to give you trick questions, just hard ones. Since you probably haven’t done that, study the leetcode problems for AMZN, giving yourself 30 minutes (you’ll do 3 problems like this in the interview). Actually set a timer and force yourself to do the problem.

Then go over potential leadership principles questions because they’re just as important. If you don’t have a good example for every one, think harder. Or again, actually try harder in real life. If you are looking at the Nashville office maybe I’ll see you around.

[Anonymous No.19114500]

>>19114196
Thanks anon, congrats on the offer. Can you share what kind of questions you were asked at each stage? Thanks again mate

[Anonymous No.19114568]

>>19113641
>im the black trans queer coder here for the interview - sorry i'm late I had to pick up my estrogen and soilatte on the way.

you're hired

[Anonymous No.19114595]

>asking a bunch of NEETs about advice on getting a high tech job

Go to reddit or a dedicated forum or something.

[Anonymous No.19114876]

>>19114500
Does your name start with W?

[Anonymous No.19114897]

>>19114876
No

[Anonymous No.19114971]

>>19114595
Coding is one of the most profitable careers for autistic people, and antisocial retards. If anybody knew, it would be /g/ or /biz/ trust me.

[Anonymous No.19115100]

>>19114196
>retard working at Amazon doxxes himself
real quality Amazon is hiring these days

[Anonymous No.19115248]

>>19115100
do you know how many people work at amazon in nashville

[Anonymous No.19116395]

>>19115100
Amazon literally interviews over 100s of applicants for each little position they open for any SDE role.
Statistically, 1 in 10 make it to the on-site interview and 1 in 5 get an offer after on-site.

[Anonymous No.19116600]

>>19113914
hang in hell, tranny faggot

[Anonymous No.19116818]

>>19113641
bring a rope and knife to tie up and torture Bezos with.

[Anonymous No.19116855]

>>19113641
leetcode

[Anonymous No.19116878]

>>19113873
They wont be impressed by python. Either do it in C or C++ if you want to be taken seriously.

[Anonymous No.19117237]

>>19114196
This guy knows his stuff. Answer leadership principles questions using star method.

[Anonymous No.19117433]

>>19116878
lol shut the fuck up man

[Anonymous No.19117911]

>>19113722
Op I work there. do this. but more importantly focus on the leadership principals and. have a story ready for each one. good luck.

[Anonymous No.19118449]

>>19114196
>wanting to slave for Amazon shekels
>being ok with being forced to program to a timer like some lab rat
>thinking you're hot shit for cramming programming 101 textbook shit that you'll never use again
>being so autistic you have to learn "leadership principles" from a book
>being a code monkey
>being you

[Anonymous No.19118879]

>>19118449
Not understanding that it says the key to doing well is to know your stuff at the start, you only have to be an autistic crammer if you aren't already a solid leader and developer. Even then you're just proving that you can be a code-monkey and will probably just stagnate, but I guess you get a paycheck at the end of it.

[Anonymous No.19119817]

Spent 5 years at Amazon in a technical role. (Pic related some old receipts from when they flew me in to interview in Seattle.) Also interviewed candidates there and at Google

>>19113641
>Tips for the coding interview?
read this: >>19113722

Who cares if the languages are different, you're not copying the code it's the algorithms you care about. Adjust to python as necessary. Other tips: Know the common idiomatic usage of your language of choice. Know your data structures. Know how to analyze efficiency.

>>19114196
>Then go over potential leadership principles questions because they’re just as important.

Can't emphasize this enough. Except for one person, every person in your loop will be focusing on one or two of the leadership principles. Memorize what they are and come up with a good story illustrating each one. Listen to what questions they ask and you'll probably be able to figure it out and parrot the relevant story. It makes it really easy for them write it up as you having a "good example" of that principle.

The exception is the "Bar raiser", whose job is to make sure you're "raising the bar", which sounds hokey because it is. Really their job is to make sure the group hiring you isn't dropping their standards just to fill headcount. When you meet your interviewers the person who isn't in the same org you're applying for will be the bar raiser. They can kill your application on their own, so make sure you impress them with how good of an Amazonian you will be.

[Anonymous No.19119886]

>>19117433
How am i fucking wrong? Python is literally babbys first language. Why should I hire someone who doesnt understand pointers, and in C++'s case OOP as well? AWS is an NFS file system which is coded in C++ so why wouldn't someone who shows up to an interview and not whiteboard in that language be considered? Im not some fa/g/got trying to get this dude to read SCIP, I'm trying to give good advice on an Antarctic snow watching forum. If you don't know some system level programming and fucked around with FUSE you dont have a chance.

[Anonymous No.19120007]

>>19119817
>how good of an Amazonian you will be
Imagine wanting to be this cucked

[Anonymous No.19120094]

>>19119886
Do you understand how these interviews work? They do NOT care if you know C or C++. If you have to learn it you can just learn it. The choice of programming language is not to impress them but to show you know how to solve their problems.

8/10 troll made me mad.

[Anonymous No.19120160]

>>19120007
>Imagine wanting to be this cucked
You want to join the team you play by their rules. Best advice I ever got at Amazon was that the company doesn't care about how much of a special snowflake you are, it values only how good of an Amazonian you are. If you don't like how that works, don't work there. Some people love it and stay forever. Most people are able to put up with it as long as the compensation is worth it and then leave when it isn't.

[Anonymous No.19120202]

>>19118449
i'll gladly be a code monkey for 200k TC

see you when I retire at 35!

[Anonymous No.19120227]

>>19120094
Hey brainlet I work for a cloud storage company. It matters. Also bonus points if they know RPC's and multithreading.

[Anonymous No.19120231]

>>19119886
>Why should I hire someone who doesnt understand pointers,

>apply to ML team at AWS
>interview asks about pointers
>wut

[Anonymous No.19120503]

This is a great read. Currently starting off learning python, starting with sql as well. Based off what i read i guess ill start on c+ as well good read

[Anonymous No.19120506]

>>19120227
Yeah he might need to know that shit for his specific role but if they cared if he knew it already they wouldn’t have interviewed him.

[Anonymous No.19120595]

>>19119817
>every person in your loop will be focusing on one or two of the leadership principles

they do this to make sure they hire only the most ambitious, competitive assholes who will be constantly trying to outdo each other to please Lord Bezos. The problem is you can't all be promoted. So enjoy working 40 hours unpaid overtime every week to demonstrate how much of a great leader you are.

[Anonymous No.19120653]

>>19120231
I'm laughing at you zoomers who started on C# and Python, there's so much you don't know. You just can't compete with boomers who started on c, c++, fortran, etc.

[Anonymous No.19120788]

>>19119886
Are you actually autistic? He's probably going for a Python job. If he goes in there & starts sperging about that he isn't gonna get it.

[Anonymous No.19120853]

>>19119886
Either you're a boomer or you have no idea what you're talking about. Been through a decent amount of interviews and none of them care about what you use for whiteboarding;
Nowadays you don't even have to be familiar with the stack to get hired.

>>19120007
Imagine making fun of someone trying to make it. Easiest way to hit a 6 figure salary and once you have FAANG on your resume it'll make everything later down the road smoother.

[Anonymous No.19120920]

>>19119817
>>19120595
I realize I may not have been be clear. Each person has one or two principles that they focus on, but each person will have a different principle.

>>>19120595
> they hire only the most ambitious, competitive assholes who will be constantly trying to outdo each other to please Lord Bezos. The problem is you can't all be promoted.

Oh no, you figured out the secret. Better delete your post because Bezos will hunt you down for sure.

You're exactly right. And many people eventually leave because of that. However, if you've managed to stick at Amazon for more than a few years and especially if you've gotten promoted, it's a great line on your CV.

Because it means that you *are* one of the "most ambitious, competitive assholes" and it turns out being that is a valuable commodity.

[Anonymous No.19120932]

just try not to kill yourself once you get the job and are working 80 hours a week

[Anonymous No.19121034]

If you are are actually a codecuck, working at FAGMAN, even the worst one, is an easy way to get a gold star on your resume and get recruiters excited. Working at one of these horrible companies is like doing med school for a year, or some intense certification program. Except you also get paid 110k+ to do so.

[Anonymous No.19121150]

>>19120506
Ya that's a fair point. He wouldn't have gotten a call back. He might be there to fulfill the diversity reqs though. >>19120853


>>19120853
Ok webdev nigger

[Anonymous No.19121168]

>>19113641
brush up on your telugu

[Anonymous No.19121366]

>>19121150
>Ok webdev nigger

[Anonymous No.19121613]

>>19121366
>NOOO NOT MY HECKING CSSARINOOOOOS NOT MY FLIPPIN JNODEARIIINOOOOS!!!!!!

[Anonymous No.19123082]

coding is for sois.

[Anonymous No.19123135]

>>19116878
lol it literally doesn't matter. python is great for interviews because you can typically write things in python with less characters than any other language
t. faang interviewer