Ask HN: Interviews, Too Many Loops?
It feels like there are surprisingly many loops to jump through to get a CS job, even with experience. In my previous career (finance), at most you got a test in addition to the interview. In CS nowadays you have to know all technologies, be a great leetcode solver, and have time/energy to drop everything and do a fullstack project in 2 days. Then most of the time you end up working on other stuff than what was tested on in a much small scope. I spend much more energy job interview prepping than I do at my actual job.
Will it get worse?
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Just don't do the ones that ask you to do homework, it's relatively rare anyways, and in my experience it's a sign they're not totally serious.
If the homework assignment will take more than half an hour don't waste your time.
If the homework assignment will take more than half an hour don't waste your time.