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my google interview - lessons learned

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1. ] by Tom Goldenberg @medium.com - ] Goldenberg relays the story of landing a google interview as a coding bootcamp graduate

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1. ] https://medium.com/@tomgoldenberg/my-google-interview-and-lessons-learned-43109881c521#.fmozo4flt

[WHEN]

1. ] 2016-05-13

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1. ] wrote about how struggled with his tech jobsearch after graduating coding bootcamp
2. ] mocked by the internet for his mention of google recruiting him, was told he would have no chance of passing interview
3. ] took this as a challenge, set up on site interview with googles NYC campus
4. ] One of the criticisms of coding bootcamps is that they don’t place a strong emphasis on learning algorithms and data structures. This is where I must admit that, alas, my bootcamp education did not prepare me to solve graphing equations or to balance binary trees. What it did do was foster a love for coding and building projects. If you ask me to spin up a responsive website or mobile app, I can do it fairly well. But as for solving these types of problems, I was very inexperienced.
5. ] studied algorithms, material geared for coding java, didnt know that so used the newest version of javascript(ES6) instead
6. ] no pressure to get a google job off, as he already has job, what he learned should be applicable to his current role
7. ] found js surprisingly fast (compared to ruby)
8. ] interviewed by 5 google employees
9. ] in each interview, was given a technical problem and asked to whiteboard a solution
10. ] if solution was reached before the 45 minute time limit, was asked to improve the efficiency of the solution
11. ] opportunity to ask questions of the interviewer at the end of the interview
12. ] some interviews felt like a breeze, while he struggled with others
13. ] likewise some interviewers made him feel more 'relaxed', while others took a more 'critical' approach
14. ] no job offer
15. ] was told that he needed to be 'more consistent'
16. ] feels confident in the progress he has made in a month of learning, should be even better in a year
17. ] ALSO - going to write a book about learning algorithms and preparing for coding interviews?—?in JavaScript

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1. ] SRC = HN, (86) comments (79)

 

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