I had an interview round recently for Bain AAG which I thought was unique. Basically the interview was to read a set of requirements and make some adjustments to a Python API using the AWS SDK. So, the interview required knowledge of these specific AWS technologies (Python, etc). I struggled a bunch and I got rejected in the end. It's not the end of the world; clearly they were looking for something in particular. I'm just really not used to being asked to use specific technologies in interviews. Does this lead to good outcomes? It seems as though in the short-term, yes it does, but what if your client or company switches cloud technologies? Then wouldn't you want someone who has better fundamentals and knowledge? Are ya'll seeing interviews more recently where employers ask about specific tech? TC: laid off, zero YOE: 8 #bain #aag
It’s about time interviews became role relevant. Proving you can code is fair, but doing completely unrelated stuff in no way properly assesses the ability to perform in the role
Yeah, that's a good point. I know some people prefer that, others prefer Leetcode style, etc. It's so hard to prepare e v e r y t h i n g to meet all these different expectations, but what are ya gonna do.
Theoretically if you fit the requirements for the role, there should be a higher success rate in tech rounds like this than someone picking 3 variants of 2,000 leetcode questions
That is super-helpful! 😊 Thanks for this info; I had a hunch it was something like that. Very good to know.
Hi, may i know what role this is for?
I can't recall the exact role but it was a senior engineering role with AAG
What kind of knowledge? Did they expect you to have the API memorized?
As I recall they gave me links to the API docs and allowed me to look them over, but based on my experience this is really more like a reminder than an actual opportunity to learn and experiment. So if you have used these APIs before and are very familiar with them, it's a way to remind yourself "oh yeah, THATS the right call to make." But if you more or less have to learn or relearn from scratch in the interview part, then you are out of luck. So no, not memorized, but I think that they were looking for someone who was familiar enough with AWS services so that they could complete some task in 45 mins.
Depends on the role. But IMO if you are a dev today and don’t have professional AWS experience then you should go do a cert or something, because so many places use it.
Yeah, you are probably right. I'm coming from Microsoft so my cloud knowledge is all Azure. I've used AWS of course but it had been a while. Getting a certificate is a neat idea; good suggestion.