Tech IndustryAug 16, 2018
Booking.comgoodspeed

Feeling so stupid

Had phone interview today with FB London, got 2 Leetcode Med problems that I solved before. First one went well, and the second one I thought it went well too. But now when I think of it, I missed a f*cking “break”. No wonder interviewer asked me to check my recursion but I still didn’t see it. Now I feel so god dang stupid. Come on guys, please cheer me up with your sarcasm.

Booking.com yOtx44 Aug 16, 2018

I guess: You should have known better: Move fast & Break things?

Booking.com goodspeed OP Aug 16, 2018

Since B.com can’t be any slower so I thought that’s a thing we shouldn’t do?

Facebook D.K.Bose Aug 16, 2018

Lol. I see what you did there.

IBM error500 Aug 16, 2018

zuckerburg is a lizard robot

Booking.com goodspeed OP Aug 16, 2018

People said that “Choose the boss, not the money”. So I think I better not having money instead of working for a lizard robot? LOL

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jugm74 Aug 16, 2018

Sigh, I hate interviewing. Everywhere I go, I change interview process if I can. 1. Real world coderpad exercise 2. Take home If you fuck that up, it’s on you.

Booking.com goodspeed OP Aug 16, 2018

I once had an interview with BBM Singapore they had same process. Take home project, then an interview with CTO. We had a pair programming that solves real problem with code follows TDD principles.

Postmates h7zhf8b2a Aug 16, 2018

What were the two Qs?

Booking.com goodspeed OP Aug 16, 2018

They are variants of K smallest elements and parentheses problems. I don’t think we should post full questions here or they will ban them.

Postmates h7zhf8b2a Aug 16, 2018

Pm me lol

Cisco b00gi Aug 16, 2018

Cheer up, forget this bad *break* up story, you will get a hot chick tonight. you anyways missed f*cking break, don't miss f*cking chick :)

Booking.com goodspeed OP Aug 16, 2018

Lol. You got a point. I should use my advantage of living in Amsterdam. Let’s get high and go f*cking chick.

Tango Health WaterColor Aug 16, 2018

And how is Amsterdam? Got an offer for booking.com sometime back. Pretty sweet ppl who interviewed me. However the I turned down for other reasons.

Microsoft parka Aug 16, 2018

If it makes you feel any better, I just failed my first Google phone screen. Interviewer felt that I was a good coder & had good knowledge of algos, but needed too many hints to arrive at the optimal solution.

Booking.com goodspeed OP Aug 16, 2018

That’s supposed to be the meaning of an interview, right? We can come up with solution with the help of teammates in a restricted time. They just have too many candidates to choose.

Macquarie Lebowski28 Aug 16, 2018

Hope your interviewer reads this!

Booking.com goodspeed OP Aug 16, 2018

He was really nice and helped a lot. I only can blame myself for missing a obvious shot. And even if he reads this, it’s anonymous. :)

Microsoft resin Aug 16, 2018

Fuck is going down

Lending Club QingDynast Aug 16, 2018

No Work life balance, lots of Pip, cheer up

Booking.com goodspeed OP Aug 16, 2018

The work life balance is that bad? Glassdoor reviews seem really good.

Facebook gggg😎 Aug 16, 2018

Well some people love their work. There's no work life balance, work is life. But some other people don't love it that much or have a life other than work. They would be forced to wotk off hours by peer pressure. So, depend on what do you want.

Cisco D0$a Aug 16, 2018

You should have hed a good breakfast.

Booking.com goodspeed OP Aug 16, 2018

I ran out of butter so I had to use olive oil for scrambled eggs. Damn, maybe that’s the reason.