This is Part 1 on our two-part podcast on Programming Interviews. This week, we talk about how we went from hating programming interviews to understanding and appreciating them, and doing well. 

• Our first experience with programming interviews at BITS Pilani in 2005-06.
• How our friend Sankar Tanguturi mastered the art of interviews, and taught us how to do the same.
• Our initial hatred for interviews
• Why should I study algorithms etc. to interview for jobs where I'll be doing something completely different? Ravi answers some FAQs.
• How much does luck matter in interviews?

Hopefully, we've answered the "why" in this episode. In the next one, we talk about "how" to prepare for programming interviews.