how to nail that coding interview

Social Developers Club Conf

March 16th, 2019

Dimitris Kiriakakis

who am i?

dimitris or

@dimeloper

 

🔥 proper names for variables

🔥 missing semicolons (;)

🤯 Some fullstack dev

 

👴 since 2013

goal of this talk

master coding interviews

get insights from somebody that has been In both SIDES' shoes

is there a trick that will make my next tech interview successful?

 🤷‍♀️ nope 🤷‍♀️

what are interviewers really looking for?

 🤗 a nice colleague 🤗

the
perfect
candidate

🧞

act like you are already part of their team

giving them some 💓 

getting stuck is ok ✅

saying 'i don't know' is ok ✅

WHAT ABOUT THE TECHNICAL SIDE?

  • Mechanics

  • Upsides

  • Weaknesses

  • Where to use it?

  • Where not?

  • Why?

your interviewers used to be candidates too.

😅 and they have failed 😅

questions?

thank you!

🤗 Get in touch with me 🤗

@dimeloper

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How to nail that coding interview

By Dimitris Kiriakakis

How to nail that coding interview

Some insights from a dev that has been in the shoes of both a candidate but also an interviewer.

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