[nfbcs] Preparing for coding interviews

[Andy B.]

What kind of accessibility problems do you have? The last I understood, I am
the first blind person in the history of my school to graduate with a B.S.
in application development, and the first to enroll in a M.S. in IT:
software design.

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My current foray into my PhD program has been a venerable accessibility
nightmare.  I am the first totally blind graduate and blind student in the
entire history of Georgia Tech.  I have had every accessibility issue you
can imagine, but I intend to always be going back to school!  This is my
fifth different degree and the more I learn, the more I realize how much I
don't know and what I might need to learn.

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"never intend to go back to school again, "
You should re-think  this statement.  Even if it is not a formal class to
stay violable as an employee in the CS field you must keep learning.


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From: Amanda Lacy via nfbcs
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I'm specifically preparing for an online coding assessment on Monday and I'd
like to refresh my memory and practice a little. Going back to community
college is overkill and would introduce more accessibility problems. I know
because I've been there. I just graduated from UT Austin and never intend to
go back to school again, unless it's an online course that I already know is
accessible.

On 9/30/16, Andy B. via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I have never been asked questions about coding during an interview.
> Instead,
> the questions ranged from situational to problem solving in the social 
> context to personality questions. The interviewer would usually ask 
> questions about future goals, leadership skills, successful and 
> unsuccessful projects, and how you perceive yourself in conflict. Some 
> sample
> questions:
>
> 1. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
> 2. When you failed to meet a deadline, how did you handle the problem 
> with group members?
> 3. Tell me about a conflict between you and a supervisor. How did you 
> resolve the problem?
> 4. Tell me about a time when you used [insert technology]. What kind 
> of problems did you solve?
> 5. What attracted you to [insert company name].
> 6. What are the pros and cons of [insert programming language].
>
> Try telling a short story to answer the questions.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> via nfbcs
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> Subject: [nfbcs] Preparing for coding interviews
>
> How do y'all prepare for coding interviews?
>
> I first tried reading Cracking the Coding Interview, but I can only 
> find that book in PDF, and it mangles pretty badly when converted to 
> plain text.
>
> I then tried solving challenges on HackerRank, but I have several 
> problems with that website. For example, some challenges give me 
> incomplete instructions. One has an empty bullet list under 
> constraints, so I don't know what they are.
>
> I need to refresh my memory on data structures and practice solving 
> problems without worrying about accessibility.
>
> Thanks,
> Amanda
>
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