TIL a quick chat at a tech meetup in Austin saved my next interview

I was at a small meetup last month and mentioned I was prepping for a senior dev role. A guy who works at the company told me they always ask a specific system design question about scaling a payment processor. I spent two nights studying that exact problem. Got the job offer yesterday. Anyone else get a tip that changed their interview prep?

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singh.jessica24d ago

Wow, a friend once tipped me off about their weird coding test format... totally saved me.

mary30924d ago

Ugh, that's the worst feeling, isn't it? I'm so glad you had a friend give you a heads up, @singh.jessica. Some of these tests feel like they're designed to trip you up on purpose, not to see if you can actually code. It makes such a huge difference just knowing what to expect going in.