[nfbcs] Preparing for coding interviews

Sun Oct 2 22:55:45 UTC 2016

WOW... I have had problems with my school, but nothing like that. The worst
its gotten for me is having to drop two classes in the middle and do a
retake at the school's expense.

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From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Martin, Vincent F
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Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Preparing for coding interviews

Unfortunately the following is only about half the crap I have dealt with.  
Over the six years I have been here:
Notes provided in actual handwriting!
Getting an accessible copy of text books, Braille or Math ML either never or
three months after the course was completed.
Access to PowerPoint files a month after the lecture.
Every professor, including my own advisor, providing me with inaccessible
(empty document) each semester for the first two years Inaccessible Learning
Management System for classes Having to learn to code in "R" for my
Statistics courses as SpSS was not accessible in any manner in 2010-2013.  
I have never gotten one tactile graphic since I have been here!
Website for creating IRB protocols was inaccessible.
No announcements on campus buses and passing my actual stop twenty times the
first year.  
Too many inaccessible syllabi to count
All graduate school applications were inaccessible Employee training for
graduate student research assistants were inaccessible and I got my access
restricted for not completing it in time Housing applications for on-campus
apartment was inaccessible and they tried to evict me for not filling it
out.  
On-line access to research journals still has serious accessibility issues
Initial Employee Pay information was inaccessible and I was subsequently
underpaid for two years to the tune of over $8,000 To top it all off, I was
given an inaccessible question in the middle of my PhD qualifying exam...
I was actually given a question with a photo graph in it and a url that
pointed to an undescribed video!

I was so pissed off that I got up and took my guide dog for a half hour
walk.  I then returned and contacted the lead attorney for the Office of
Civil Rights for the Department of Education in this sector of the country.

They were and are still totally pissed as the school had just signed an
agreement for my second OCR complaint two weeks before my exam.  They
violated the agreement in less than a month.

They are on campus now conducting their third investigation in three years
and there is not going to be a mediated agreement this time.  I was even
advised that I still have the right to sue in Civil court.

If I did not have the technical background I have, I would be one of the
many students that fail due to inaccessibility or quit because of the
stress.  

PS-  The Disability Services Coordinator was amazed when I showed her a
signing guide.  She had never seen one.  She also did not know what
Orientation and Mobility meant!

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Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2016 3:17 PM
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Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Preparing for coding interviews

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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Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Preparing for coding interviews

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.

-----Original Message-----
From: Amanda Lacy via nfbcs
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 3:48 PM
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Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Preparing for coding interviews

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
> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 3:00 PM
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> Cc: Amanda Lacy <lacy925 at gmail.com>
> 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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