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In Bootcamp #9: Interview Day

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Matt's class has a break during the group project, then he tries the interview process for the first time and learns a lot about the process and himself.

  • Classwork
    • New material is sort of on pause?
    • Groupwork
      • Recent drops in class
        • CS major?
        • Another team member
        • Group merges
        • How many have contributed so far?
        • Interview Day
          • Back at HackerX, you did get a callback to participate in a bulk Interview Day
            • You had a orientation call
            • Some sample coding prompts and study guide given
            • Then a day-before get together to meet folks from the business and meet other candidates
            • Then on Interview day in office
              • Breakfast and later lunch
              • A 4 hour “coding test”
                • What kind of questions? Mergesort?
                • Did you freeze or work on each as much as possible?
                • Were the prompts cryptic or okay?
                • Then a couple interviews
                  • A question on tech
                  • A question on soft skills
                  • Results – Where do you go from here?
                    • Was it worth it?
                    • The realization of failure; no impediment to the future
                    • Next time?
                      • Attributions
                      • ~aether theories~
                        • Copyright

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