[ygjb]

I interviewed at Stripe, pre-COVID, and it was an onsite interview after I suffered a concussion. I should have cancelled the interview, but I was excited about the opportunity, and had underestimated how disabled the concussion left me.

Objectively I think I interviewed fairly strongly, however for the hands on coding portion of the interview, I basically couldn't even write more than a few lines. I couldn't remember simple things like function or class definitions. I had to look up a few syntax things, and my already challenging dyslexia was exacerbated to the point where I could barely type.

I recognize looking back on it that I had a freaking concussion and wasn't even supposed to be looking at screens or reading, but it was still really embarrassing.