Technical interview experience sharing
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This document provides tips for cracking technical interviews from Katy Lee, a computer science graduate from NTHU in Taiwan. It discusses mindset and preparation, resume optimization, practicing coding tests, preparing for live coding and technical interviews, common questions, and last-minute tips. The key advice is to start preparing early, practice coding challenges regularly, learn data structures and algorithms, and focus on clearly communicating your thought process during the interview.
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- 2. Hello!I am Katy Lee NTHU computer science You can find me at [email protected] Offers: eJan, Rakutan, SoftBank(Japan) Appier(Taiwan) Coffee meets Bagel, Caring.com(America)
- 3. 1. The Mindset The more options, the better
- 4. “ Before you have your first satisfactory offer, you should target more companies with several positions. Be ready to submit A LOT of resumes and have an interview marathon.
- 5. In my case ◍Location: big cities where I can build network easily. ◍Position: Data related position is my favorite. But I have also submitted for some system engineer positions ◍Industry: tech company with stable growth
- 6. 2. Resume Concise and quantified, one page preferred, please don’t have more than two pages
- 7. 5-7 sec. your resume will be read
- 8. Resume ◍Quantified the result ◍Use bullet items ◍Put the most important thing first ◍Use bold font when necessary ◍If you have a technical blog or a github for your project, attach it. ◍Don’t have any typos!!! ◍Use a template(ex: sharetex)
- 9. Resume ◍Ask someone with industrial experience (recruiting experience even better) to check your resume ◍Your resume should demonstrate why you are a fit for the position(at least one project demonstrating your ability) ◍Customize your resume for different positions ◍Make your Github/LinkedIn look nice. ◍Blogging is a good way to demonstrate yourself, too.
- 10. ReferringDon’t be shy to reach out someone you know or don’t know on LinkedIn / social network, it enhances the chance you resume gets read through. And yes, you should try to meet people and build connections in your industry
- 11. AgencyWork in Japan(you have to a logic and personality test) Top Career(coding test before interview)
- 12. 3. Coding Test I know it sounds scary, but all you need is to prepare early
- 13. Practice makes perfect ◍You should start practicing it at least six months earlier, especially if you don’t have competitive programming training experience ◍Pick a major language(for data science position, I recommend python), and stick with it ◍If you forget all the data structure and algorithms, review them first. ◍Time yourself when practicing ◍Get enough sleep, water and food before
- 14. Practice makes perfect ◍ 1. quickly review important data structure and algorithms and code them( https://classroom.udacity.com/courses/ud 513) ◍ 2. practice the easy and medium difficulty questions in “the Clean Code Handbook” by leetcode(don't memorize the solution, only check it if you couldn't solve it) ◍ 3. do the mock tests on leetcode or HackerRank ◍ 4. If needed, put a “cheatsheet” besides your laptop
- 15. 4. Live Coding Interview Besides coding skills, your communication skills plays a big role, too
- 16. Pramp.com: a service pair you up with peers according to ability and programming languge to practive live coding
- 17. Clear Communication should be your number 1 concern ◍ The question won’t be too difficult, but the best solution won’t be too naïve, either. ◍ The interviewer is the one that’s going to help you accomplish the goal. Don’t be afraid to ask for help. ◍ It’s fine to come up with a brute force solution first and then gradually optimize it. ◍ Speak out about what’s going on in your mind ◍ Discuss the high level idea with the interviewer, write the sketch solution out in comments before your code it out
- 18. The process of live coding interview ◍ Clarifying the Question ◍ Generating inputs and outputs ◍ Generating test edge case ◍ Brainstorming ◍ Runtime Analysis ◍ Coding ◍ Debugging, Refactoring ◍ please watch the demo video at: https://classroom.udacity.com/courses/ud513/le ssons/7707710408/concepts/77114606610923
- 19. 5. Technical Questions It’s normal that you don’t know about anything. Don’t freak out when you don’t know the answer
- 20. Typical technical questions ◍ Tell me briefly about yourself (impress your interviewer by talking about some interesting project you are passionate about, the first ten minutes is very important) ◍ Tell me about one of you project ◍ How would you make the project better now? ◍ What’s your favorite language? What is it difference with xxx language? ◍ Draw the system diagram of your project . ◍ Anything you put on the resume(Please don’t boast on your resume, it might make you look
- 21. Tips for Typical technical questions ◍ Go on Google / Quora / Glassdoor to see the typical questions. ◍ Do mock interviews with your friends ◍ You should be able to have someone understand your project’s/ thesis’ basic premise in a short time to show your communication skills
- 22. There will be time when your brain is just blank That’s okay, your interviewer doesn’t expect you to know everything. You can just say that you don’t know; Please don’t pretend that you know and give weird answers. another option is to talk about relative concepts, or to ask the interviewer to explain.
- 23. 5. General Questions Show them you are a team player, and easy to get along with
- 24. Typical general questions ◍ Don’t ignore people when they try to small talk with you, it’s rude. You should be a people person ◍ Tell me about one of your failures. ◍ What’s the downside and upside of your personality? ◍ Why do you want work for us? ◍ What impact do you plan to have in three years? ◍ What’s your career plan? ◍ What did you learn in ____ experience?
- 25. 6. The last Question “Do you have a question for us?”
- 26. Question for the interviewer ◍ It’s a good chance to show your interest in the position. Don’t ask some stuff you can easily find on their official website ◍ What’s your guys plan in the next quarter/year? ◍ What’s the biggest difficulty you have faced so far? ◍ What’s your general experience working there? ◍ Why do you guys decide to do ___ product. ◍ Discuss some current trends in using
- 27. 7. Tips“Demo is better than a thousand words”
- 28. Tips ◍ Bring your devices (phone, laptop) to show products or slides of your project if it’s more visually oriented. ◍ If it’s a Skype interview, please always check your Wi-Fi and microphone is working well beforehand. And use screen share to demo! ◍ Don’t forget to smile and show interest in what you interviewer is talking about.
- 29. Tips ◍ Interviewing is a communication process, rather than a question answering process. ◍ It’s also your good chance to evaluate the company and the technical strength of their team ◍ If you got rejected, it doesn’t mean you suck. It might because it’s not a good timing for you to join or it’s not a good fit for you. (I got rejected many times, too!) ◍ Having a support group is very important.
- 30. Thanks!Any questions? You can find me at [email protected] 👍