@@AndrewCheetah no way!

The code looks like Java, do the questions in your area for Java Developers really look like this? Im from Poland, but I often aslo apply to international companies, and those mathematical problem solving seems a thing of the past here , assuming we are talkign about bussiness software. 10 years ago it could happen (i remember when Codility was very popular here, many problems were a variation on quicksort...) , but nowadays its usually just a lot of knowledge checking : some basic Java questions,.Java 8 constructs alwys, design patters, frameworks (Spring , hibernate etc.), webservices,SQL and no SQLdb , javascript, coding theory SOLID etc. , maybe they give you some code to review. I actually think its a better approach because that relates much more to what you will do at work with bussiness software. Unless you apply for games software or some niche science projects, I guess, but its rare with Java.

But as to the point, yeah, the mutistage interviews are really frustrating:). You tought you made it , but it turns out it was just the mid level boss:)

Did you pass the other interview 🙄

@@MillandeepSingh im pretty sure i passed because i got the optimal solution, but didn't get the offer 😥

haha i've seen startups give take-home projects that just look like work they need someone to do for free😂

lol, they need help solving two sum for important business reasons. nobody else has been able to solve it to date

XD

LOL

No shit this is actually kinda what one of the questions I was asked for my current position was - he basically just wanted my input on how I might go about solving a real problem he was working on, it was actually pretty neat

“You’re hired!”

underrated comment lmaoo 🤣🤣

Your pfp fits ur comment perfectly 😂

Lmao

Me, a pragmatist: "get better hardware"

Oh god 🤣🤣

LMFAOO

And if you're stuck in an order, just throw a hash brown.

@@gyromatty691 haha lol

😭 i might reconsider my career FML ill pray for a miracle

great, have fun making apps to make some jewish guy rich :-)

HOW DID IT GO

@@joonorganic Thank you, It went perfectly. Also, I had one more interview with another company and a hashmap saved me again :D

Update : I got an offer from both companies. Learn your hashmaps and good luck to everyone!

@@simonanikolova1719 AYY WE SO PROUD OF U

Yeah, you go through every situation in your head and something still goes wrong.

99 little bugs in the code, 99 little bugs. Take one down patch it around, 437 little bugs in the code!

@@jeremysutherlin7565 99 bugs and a segmentation fault ain't one.

😂😂😂😂😂😂

We made a pong game in Python using the Turtle and Freegames libraries. ukposts.info/have/v-deo/iYB8g3icha2Dw58.html

that would've been good

@@nicholast Teach me the ways.

:This is Fine meme

We made a pong game in Python using the Turtle and Freegames libraries. ukposts.info/have/v-deo/iYB8g3icha2Dw58.html

be like , let me find HARD one in the leetcode and this will be a problem for next interview

Simple Application Enter your details ukposts.info/have/v-deo/fIefaWN8oW6DjoE.html

Have a good life then mate

What was in your technical interview?

And what's the name of a company?

Which role did you apply for?

Glad to inform got 3 offers and played salary matching game. I got my expected salary but not landed in tier 1 companies. I will continue preparing leetcode and land in tier 1 company. My salary increased more than 30%(TC - 210K).

@@personxyz1840 Congrats! So you already had some experience as a developer and was just switching companies?

@@Ryan-ul7dy Yes!! Lots of Experience I was out of job search market for long time.

​@@personxyz1840 Hey could you please tell a little bit about what you said for the salary matching part

glad you like them and hope you learned something from them haha :)

sneaker heads be like

i think interviewing candidate just based on algorithm solving is just stupid. In work 90% of employees will never encounter this. And things you want to test are untouched.

@@opatechnus That's a strange reply to the root comment. Anyway, if it's a good interview, the algorithm skills aren't meant to be a reflection of practical work, but rather, it demonstrates fundamental skills that are required to do good programming in general. A typical coder shouldn't spend much time optimizing, but they should at least not write code that's absurdly inefficient, and avoiding those pitfalls should be so natural that there's never even a conversation about it. That's why these kinds of technical questions are seen as a bare minimum for hiring.

Sad thing is I understand a bit like I can read the code and know what it’s doing but I didn’t do hash map or at least do it enough to remember a damn thing on it

LOL good try tho

damn you should have

@@hebariaz6134 It's not very difficult to tell when people act like they don't know something. The interviewer is generally more concerned about the thought process and ability to solve a problem they don't already know the answer to.

Why would You do that though?

@@kekag yep. Theyre not testing memory. If you’re going to pretend you havent seen the problem (which is a good strategy) you cant just “have a revelation”. Sell the thought process. Write up the pseudocode for the naive approach and then say there’s definitely optimizations that can be made. Sit and think. Think aloud. Walk through logic that would lead to those “revelations”

The funny part is, for 90% of the use cases, you're doing it wrong. It's the same thing with security, don't reinvent the wheel, your wheel won't be as round, the stdlib of any language you're using has a much better sorting algorithm than you will be able to make (they actually use a combination and heuristics and can even run in parallel)

Yes sir, I think you're right.

yeah but in germany its hard to get a job without a degree, in the US you can at least do that with one bootcamp

hello sir can i talk with you

100%, if you are on your third or second year of your degree you probably are going to remember this better than somebody that got the degree 7 years ago and has 10 years of experience xD

can you tell me how you started leetcoding... it actually makes no sense to me and I am always afraid to start

😳😳 coding interviews are so nerve wracking that they can be felt through a screen 😂

I share that feeling

@@nicholast your video just scared me for my future , I m gonna start my term in fall this year in computer science major

@@AmanDeep-rk6je Don't be scared. There are other companies besides Google etc.

Cam??

feeling the same way lol !! it’s my first year and i’m watching all these

Same here haha

Lol. After I graduated and tried to get a job. I changed career fields and went to IT/Engineering. Software developer interviews are so garbage. Good luck!

Same 1st year cs here, i can barely comprehend the code lol,

@@gc1087 i was thinking of going into project management. i think its where my skills r best applied n i know im not gonna be a genius coder prob j average

me too, but I sure as heck cant converse comfortably like that XD

This is me now, I hope to be back in 6-9 months to see the progress that I will have

Give me 6months

Could you please help with materials or a guide on how to learn these things in their order of importance and according how I will need them to advance my learning. I just started out and have not being making enough progress because I don't have a streamlined learning pathway to teach myself all the necessary things I need to become a software engineer. Please kindly help with resources if you can, I can't afford college.

@@josephubi9096 Hey, sure. It really depends on where you're at currently and what you are trying to do within the field of computer science; whether it is web development, game development, data science And AI, or becoming a back end web developer. However regardless of what you want to do, having a good foundation is very important. So I'm order to learn the basics of how to program I would recommend learning python as it's quite beginner friendly, although personally my first programming language was C and looking back it was definitely a great foundation but extremely hard to pick up at first. So in order to learn the basics of programming with python I would recommend the course Python for Everybody (you can find it on Coursera, edX and even UKposts) because it will start off slowly introducing you to simple topics but by the end of it you will know how to use python to parse a web page and make requests to an external API. After you learn the basics of programming with python, I think you should switch gears and learn a bit of web development by learning html, css, and JavaScript. A good resource for that is freecodecamp.org or even the Odin project which you can find online. Once you do that you should have a good feel for the basics of programming. Reading computer science textbooks can also help too and then you can decide what you would like to build next. I hope this helps you. In fact, here is a link to a GitHub repository that gives an alternative line of courses for you to take: github.com/ossu/computer-science

Hire me then lol

Can I work for you?

I'm so glad to hear that XD

You’re awesome

**Gasp** cool companies like these exist?!?

facts

What is a hashmap?

@@titord6031 a collection of key-value entries, also known as just map or dictionary.

@@titord6031 hashmaps are like unordered sets in the mathematical world. Lookup times are O(1), but only unique key values are allowed.

But you have more data plus you need to hash everything right?

I’m new to coding but I honestly doubt unless you’re going into a very lucrative role they would ask this type of question under pressure. As others have said, no decent code is produced in 5 minutes and certainly not under pressure.

Don't stress it luv, plenty of opportunities to learn and do not be affraid of failures. Simply learn from them and continue your journey :)

@@durza9390 lol is it a failure if I can't even get hired for IT support/office work. Can't find shit for an entry level job 😭

Same 😢 im a beginner in coding and it terrifies me

@@anunknownperson4018 sameee

that would've been good 😂

Exactly what I was thinking!

If solving one problem for free for them would be annoying, imagine working for them making maybe tens of thousands while they potentially make billions off of your work, and you're not even allowed to work anywhere else

I always imagine that’s how these go. You’re actually solving bug tickets for them in prod.

Wow so many likes! Ty guys hah :D

nice

@@dhruvakhera5011 nice pfp

Came for this comment. Put your best foot forward, I'm looking at you as a complete candidate who tries to solve problems the best way you know how. Much better than a fake crappy approach just because you know the "can you improve this?" question comes next.

While I agree with this, that was the interviewer's fault for asking him to code a brute force solution instead of asking for an optimal solution before he started coding.

@@mdouet he never said brute force or slowest, the interviewer just asked for a solution

I feel the same thing 😭

I was in a pricey bootcamp and didn't have much further to go with it. I wasn't enjoying it at all. Learned to hate coding when trying to make it a more serious career. Once I found out how the interview process worked and what to expect I was done - dropped out and went and changed careers again to something else I like better. Happy I did! Landed one of my other dream jobs.

Just practice with someone (who codes) watching you code. Practicing control of your anxiety and mind state is half the battle.

@@RocketVet What did you change too?

@@Pulsed101 I hold certifications in personal training, health, coaching/CBT. I went into social work doing life coaching classes and case management. Feels great helping people again!

Bro I thought I was the only one 🤣😭

I'm only freshman and worries always filled me

Only FAANG does this. For Junior positions, smaller companies ask you more about logic, some questions about CS knowledge like polymorfism etc. They also ask you to solve real-life problems so they can see if you're willing to learn and if you actually ever wrote a line of code. Don't worry too much ;)

for junior engineers i recommend practicing easy - medium problems leetcode (they have filter for top interview questions) as you work on harder problems you will learn more neat techniques. don't wait till you graduate, especially if you're aiming for top companies, though if u aim for small companies I'd still recommend you practicing in case you change your mind (never a bad thing to keep options open).

@@aduhaneh1057 even though i already have experience as developer this kind of stuff will surely improve my skill. Thanks for the idea.

Wait, im on my first and understood most of it without doing anything prior to uni

You must have not started with dsa

😳😳

Start doing problems NOW

Change majors lmao

You've never worked for big tech like Google, Twitter or Facebook. I agree with you. Im a senior software engineer for about 7 years and a database administrator before that. When I interview, I throw out a couple feelers to make sure you can code but never anything like this. I usually stick to past experiences and let them know what our past current and future projects might be and ask them for insight on how they would handle some of the issues I've had or foresee. I have never had a bad hire using those methods (I've hired 10 developers in my career all have been with me over a year and did fantastic work)

@@USFighter I'm 27 years old, haven't held a job in years and got a bit lost in life. I feel like I want to go the software developer/engineer route. Where would you suggest someone like me with near to none experience should start?

@@GrantH2606 first off, what are your interests?

@@howardbaxter2514 I do not know what my interests are career-wise, I just know labour isn't it. Idk how I'm supposed to know what my interests are...

@@GrantH2606 Ideally, you’d find a career in something that interests you. So what do you like doing? How do you spend your free time? If the answer is “playing video games,” it’s unlikely you’ll get a job doing that, though it is possible, but maybe you want to get into video game design. You have to do a lot of research, find UKposts videos on careers in fields that interest you, and see what the jobs are like. I know people in their 50s that still haven’t figured out what the hell they’re doing. Try not to stress about it too much, and try different things if you can.

...what return new int[] {i, j} does...returns an array with... i and j? But what's that "{ }" :'D

@@kitcat2449 "i" and "j" are the elements in the array! the curly brackets just show that those are the elements

@@T355V thank you! I actually took java classes recently so now it makes sense, but I appreciate the clear answer 8)

@@kitcat2449 yeah no problem! glad you're taking classes haha~

I’m currently on my final exam for Java as we speak! I’m deciding to do a choose your own adventure game, but it’s a bit hard for me to make the user go from a separate choice to a preexisting choice. Definitely easier said than done though, eheheh…

me too

Just keep following the script

Same here....and im a 3rd year I.T student

First year Computer Engineering student here, and surprisingly I understood everything he said owo

@@clarisse603 Basically just data structure and algorithm plus something like dynamic programming ？CE major here too, and I only got to these during my second year cuz I didn't take useful APs 😭

Lol ...I once saw a 11 years old video in my recommendation

graduates bro

I just graduated and started my leetcode grind, and my UKposts feed become all cs videos and I got this video recommendation

So, you did it?

u did it?

as a cs student, i need to know of you got the job

Ssssshhhhh guys, he's on his 69th interview. He doesn't know if he'll make it yet.

I’m having an tech interview in two days also, wish me good luck

well thats only for backend, as a FE, I never built a single API endpoints in company tasks lol, neither did I encounter and stuff like interview questions again in my years of career

*studies data structures + algorithms for months* gets paid to center divs

sorry but your div fucked up the whole site

bruh moment

@@nicholast As a CSS specialist, I've been centering div's for 20 years. Except these days the styles are declared somewhere in a HashMap.

Throw hashmap at the problem sometimes really work lol. Can't wait for next tip!

I'm beginning my coding journey and watching this scared the crap out of me.

Done

I absolutely didn't understand anything all of you were saying, so I guess I'll never get hired as a coder.

they just wanna know if you've been grinding your leetcode 😂

I think I will just say that on my next interview, actually. Thanks!

@@marcuscasagrande7596 tell us if you got the job lol

Why did you quit the career?

God bless you, you seem to have a nice family.

Smile and wave boys, smile and wave

wow congrats!! so funny how the stories are so similar 😂

Dude how did you make it through lol, im having a hard time passing the 1st tech interview, did you study some data structures beforehand?

​@@jordan.j4064 Pretty much yeah. Before I got my first job I had a hard time with tech interviews too. I kept failing and failing them but with each failure I learned more about the areas I was weak in and focused in on that. Soon enough I was able to get more comfortable with interviews and I ended up managing to land my first job with a lot of effort. Honestly though, just keep sending out applications, keep pushing yourself to improve and learn from your mistakes, and soon enough you'll be able to make it through.

@@liechy does gpa matter?

​@@bigchungus6546 honestly it doesn't really matter. What really does matter though is actual experience. If you're still in school, shoot for an internship. If you've already graduated, start building out side projects and work on your interview skills.

😎 😎

You mean _cracked the code_ ?

This is what you call kafkaesque, when the industry is so absurd that, that in itself is absurd

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Thanks 👍

this was actually a solution that was desired from me once: the best answer was to generate a lookup table beforehand, and just use that in the live code.

“Fuckin uh… just take the first two and hope that its right”

use a hashmap, lol key = input, value = pre-programmed desired output.

there's always more :(

@@nicholast Wave 4 of interviewing... Interviewer: "Wow, looks like its been 6 weeks since our first meeting. Unfortunately, at this point in time we will be moving forward with other candidates."

@@MegaOfficeHours I'd rather be a fish if I'm gonna get gutted like that 😂

@@GrinFlash007 I got a CompSci degree and quit looking for jobs after a few of these.

@@Egg-vv8de which part lol. Wave 4 of interviewing or giving up on finding a software job?

LOOL

This is what I've been saying. This guy doesn't miss bro

I love it too

😂😂

Seriously 😂

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@Rohit Salunke Mere ko emoji nahi dikh raha . Download nahi hai .

@Rohit Salunke Ok lol

the other day i did a technicall interview, i felt ashamed to use a hashmap for both question, i thought i was being dirty

​@@michaelaramis1210 the other day I interviewed a guy and he didn't even know how a regular array works and how writing to a variable happens under the hood. And he had a year of expirience as a software ingeneer. So if you know what the hash map is and able to apply it in suitable places, you are a better than many out there and have nothing to be ashamed of.

@American Hero yeah, heavily!

​@@superdingo9741 i was refering that i felt dirty on using my hammer to nail every problem :P but i do get your point, it has taken many years for me to validate myself as a developer and still theres plenty of room to grow ive done cloud apps, mobile, desktop, architected backend and frontend software, lead small teams of developers... still to this day i dont feel that i could fit on a large company

@@superdingo9741 Wow that's reassuring 🤧

😂😂😂

and Stackoverflow xD

My name’s NINO

love to hear it!

It's another language. Java from what I can see. Also, other languages are nothing to be afraid of. If you know the base concepts of Python, other languages like Java probably won't take long to get used to. :)

learn data structure and algorithm, dynamic programming

@@electrenator5601 that’s completely wrong, like everything you said 1. Java is a lot more complicated than python and 2. Learning another programming language is like learning another language you should always start with the one you want to end up using

@@jabjohn3784 No? Learning another language once you are profecient in one is like a 2 week struggle. If you cant get used to a new language within the same paradigm within a month at most then you clearly do not understand your current language.

@@perhapsso1909 Ok I’ll agree on that basis but Java is a lot more complicated than python

Facts

Yeah, basically a time-memory trade-off.

@@prabeshhumagain1008 is a hashmap like a Regular Expression

@@placeholder_name321 no, hashmaps store keys and value pairs. Keys can be mostly anything, but in the interview he stored the complement integer as a key and the index as a value. You can look up keys in constant time. Regular expressions is used to find things in a certain format you specify. Regular expression do not store anything you found

Lmaooo thank you Jason :)

nah u should try it

😂😂😂

No the u turn 😭😂

I've been working as a programmer for nearly 10 years and I've never had an interview like this. It's an extremely broad field, it isn't all like this.

@@lalala-lt8fe let me guess you doing front end?

“That would be a cross-functional effort requiring 10 engineers and 4 weeks. Let’s keep it in the backlog for now”

Someone's been rejected a few times before

like this

tbh I would rather them fully vibe check me & read every single 'less than ideal' comment from the interviewer. like "Honestly, this guy uses the term 'ostensibly' & 'thus' far too frequently. I will quit if you hire him on my team" & being somewhat petty, is something I would prefer to corporate nice-speak. Oh btw for anyone who reads this & thinks "same": I have had good luck in getting real feedback by reaching out to interviewers via linkedin or github (note: not their @work emails), but I am careful to not be weird about it lol

I'm u from 1 year ago. I will understand this in 1 year ❤

Guess that's why you just learn to draw Mona Lisas as per usual for these types of interviews to prepare for fence painting jobs, like everyone else. Sad, but true for a lot in life.

@@folou9199 me rn. 99% leetcode + 1% cramming to remember: The details of my own significant side-projects, various role & language specific info, & how to actually talk to a new person while constantly switching between high-level general overviews & low-level explanations while being concise. ADHD has been good to me while I am actually writing code, but boy is it rough when interviewing & prepping for interviews... I also am afraid to mention I have it just in-case someone lowkey passes on me because of it.

You're hilarious!

In China we call it "building a rocket in the interview and twisting screws in the job" lol

Don’t give up.

Brooooo i just got done with html training😂

@@onedumbsloth5029 I am not sure I can consider HTML as "programing". . . By definition it is but IDK. HTML seems to be fundamentally different than say Java, C# or something else. Would say it is like "Anyone can build a house, but not everyone can code a program to build the house".

@Nicolás Agustín you and the guy above must be fun at parties

@@do.xuantung No at this point it's almost a meme... It's like in the real world... "I built houses with a big crane", "I build houses with two small cranes and a crew to lay the bricks" and "I build houses out of lego"

You like it?😭

I feel you, I study biochemistry and this sounds foreign to me.

hahahahahahha

I’m taking a veterinarian course how did we get here

HAHAHA lol, there's one thing you could understand about us just study ABOUT US HAHA