Interview for seasoned professional vs new college grad
Thanks for the response!
Maybe it's unusual, but I actually have never been an interviewer where I've worked. Although, I think I'd be better off at interviewing if I had been.
In your experience, was most coding done on a white board or a computer? Or was the design done on a white board and implementation on a computer? Thanks.
(though if you are interviewing a Google, you might get a chance to try out a chromebook)
Thanks for all the info! I have one more question.
I've heard of phone interviews that involve coding on some site online. Any idea if a lot of companies are doing that?
If you are a seasoned professional, you must have had your share of being on the other side (i.e. being the interviewer). What are your thoughts?
- Anonymous February 19, 2013Based on my experience being an interviewer with two big companies, the basic questions(data structures/algo) will more or less be same and might be judged similarly to new grad if they are mainly about problem solving.
The design (system/class design etc) questions, will be given (new grads might not get such questions) and judged based on the experience you have (i.e how do you consider the tradeoffs etc). The actual code you write will also be judged based on the experience (new grads _might_ have it easy in that matter. Anyone else will have stricter standards).
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