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| | Ask HN: How to prepare for interviews with 3 months in hand? | |
3 points by tiredofsnow on May 3, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment
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| | Throwaway for obvious reasons. With 3 months in hand how should I go about preparing for backend sw eng positions. I have few years of experience and degree from a good school so getting interview calls is not an issue. I have given interviews in the past and I think I lack in application design, api design, rounds which require you to design classes etc. Not getting through those interviews has brought down my confidence. Can you suggest me good resources which would help in interview preparation and also what do you look for in an backend application developer during interviews. Currently I'm doing infrastructure development. |
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A lot of engineers tasked to interview candidates don't actually know how to interview well on their end, and often will make the exact same google query to figure out what to ask.
Also, be willing to talk about the work you have done in the past with confidence. Be able to say why it was interesting to you, and how you overcame challenges with it.
If you feel week in the areas you mention (api design, class design, etc), then pick up a book and start reading away.
The GoF design patterns also comes up in interviews a fair amount... not saying it should, but it does.