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by Matt_Mickiewicz 4311 days ago
I see this all the time... people who have CS Degrees, worked as programmers for 5, 6 or 7 years and then they go and start interviewing and flunk over and over again.

Unfortunately, almost everybody feels overconfident and ignores our advice to prepare and practice for tech interviews: http://www.quora.com/Whats-the-best-way-to-prepare-for-a-sof...
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vonmoltke 4311 days ago
I know I have a minority opinion here, but I fell that if a technical interview is such an exceptional event that I have to put that much preparation into it, there is something wrong with the interview process.
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jarek 4311 days ago
If you're not the next Google, I'm not going to cram things for an interview with you. Sorry.

"Competitive programming"... if I get hired, am I going to be evaluated through "competitive employment"?

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