[nfbcs] Preparing for coding interviews

[Amanda Lacy]

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-----
> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Amanda Lacy 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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