Ask HN: How to prepare for tech interviews?
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The best way to prepare for interviews is to understand completely what you have worked on; be it internship or hobby project. Communicating clearly what you have learned is the best thing you can exhibit. Rest can be learned
Note that I am fresh out of school with a rather sparse github profile which means I am likely to be grilled on algorithms and data structures rather than anything else. I have done a few interesting internships that I can talk about though...
One specific question I had for folks who have been interviewers is: I kind of suck at coding on a white board. I feel that I can think better on paper and pencil rather than on a white board with someone staring at me. How would you feel if a candidate came in with a bunch of papers and offered to sit and write code next to you (instead of coding on the white board)