Don’t Get Attached, It’s Just Luck. My Interviewing Advice and Tips
this is all good info. especially the take homes.<p>when i interviewed this time around for a new job, the most frustrating part were the take homes. lots of companies expect you to do a sample project that only grants you an audience to a technical phone screen. like, what? didn&#x27;t i just pass your technical test? if i still have to show my technical prowess doesn&#x27;t that mean you don&#x27;t trust my resume, or trust that i honestly completed your assignment?<p>i also agree these take homes are not 4 hour affairs. they give you no direction so you can&#x27;t sacrifice ui&#x2F;ux for functionality because you have no clue how they judge it. i failed a large company&#x27;s take home even though it was feature complete, but i sacrificed really slick&#x2F;nice ui for a workable ui that i felt was passable given no direction.<p>i got a thanks but no thanks reply back.<p>as with regards to luck; another company i interviewed at, i aced their take home. then i interviewed with ~6 people who all said they liked me (or at least that was the feedback i got). but when i interviewed with the vpe, i failed a question about semaphores, (i knew what they are, but just didn&#x27;t have the answer to a specific question the vpe asked) and failed the job app.<p>the job position was to be a front-end developer.