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I passed the shopify coding interview. The interviewer said the toughest engineering problem at the moment was hiring enough developers. And then I failed the
by throwawayc2020 5y ago
I passed the shopify coding interview. The interviewer said the toughest engineering problem at the moment was hiring enough developers.
And then I failed the "life story" interview.
- weare138 5y agoDumb question, what is a 'life story' interview?
- Copernicron 5y agoFailing any interview is a real kick in the balls, particularly if you happen to be out of work at the time. But somewhere down the road you're going to laugh at the fact that you failed telling them about yourself. Like they would know.
- mooreds 5y ago> Failing any interview is a real kick in the balls, I used to think that, but then I got laid off. That was a real hit to the ego, let me tell you. The fact is that the right job is a matching problem across so many dimensions that change over time (sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly) between many parties (employers are not monolithic!).
- travisporter 5y agowhat is this mean? You don’t have a compelling enough life story for a software company?
- weatherlite 5y agoPretty much, interviewer clicked more with other candidates I guess. That does sound extremely frustrating to go through the whole ordeal just to have some guy weed you out because you don't look or speak like he expects.