{"id":56,"date":"2022-05-12T21:47:08","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T21:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/nhlpz\/?p=56"},"modified":"2022-05-12T21:47:08","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T21:47:08","slug":"interviewing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/nhlpz\/2022\/05\/12\/interviewing\/","title":{"rendered":"Interviewing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s getting close to the end of the quarter (about a month!) and it\u2019s crazy to think that I\u2019m almost done with the program. Next month I will be graduating and starting an internship immediately. The process of applying for jobs in tech is very different from anything I have experienced before. So for anyone wondering what it looks like, here\u2019s what I\u2019ve encountered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For non-programming jobs, the interviews I\u2019ve had have always been more to gauge my personality and how good of a fit I would be with the work environment. Software engineering interviews are so different from that. While I still have had tech interviews where the interviewer was interested in getting to know my personality, that has been an extra interview. To even get to that point I have had to do coding screenings where I am given problems and have to code on the stop. The first one of these is usually not face-to-face, instead you do it online and have a time-limit. It is essentially just an exam (make sure you know data structures very well). I have also had to code out loud in an interview. I spoke with the interviewer over Teams and he gave me problems and I had to explain how I would solve everything verbally and give my full train of thought on why I was choosing those solutions. This included the time and space complexity of my solutions, which is much harder when you don\u2019t even have code to look at.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So how can you feel ready to be successful in these interviews? Well I\u2019m no expert, but here\u2019s my main two main suggestions so far:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Leetcode. Leetcode. Leetcode.<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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