I've succeeded the phonescreen for a senior sde position. They now wants me onsite with... My laptop. First of all i think asking for coding on a laptop is really not a good idea. Not only i had to practice on the 450+ leetcode and hackerrank questions (haha), read introduction to algorithms twice but on top of it you want me to prepare with a laptop? I mean whiteboard questions are already hard enough, if i need to take care about compilation, debugging, parameters by reference or not, stack overflow, i feel you are asking too much. But my question is: i don't have a laptop ! Only a desktop pc. What should i do? When i said that to the recruiter he told me to buy one haha.
They should be prepared to provide you a laptop if that's what they want. I'd tell the recruiter to get bent if it were me.
LOL. Thank you for the laugh :)
Totally. Uber, a BYOD scrappy startup? GTFO.
The recruiter actually asked you to buy one?! Wow.
Yes! He mentioned that I'm the first candidate telling him that, and one solution would be to buy one... I'm thinking about going with my phone and opening a notepad to write on a .html file so i can embed some JS code in it.
Tell that recruiter to jump off a pier with bricks tied to his neck....
who don't have one or two personal laptops nowadays?
i never bought a laptop. All my employers always did for me. I'm sure my situation isn't uncommon
I don't have a personal laptop anymore either; just a desktop PC at home and a work laptop.
buy a laptop and return it after interview
I forgot that we can do that in the usa. I never did. I don't feel comfortable doing it.
take your frds laptop
Which computer do you use for porn if you don't have a personal one?
Oh you have a desktop. Bring that one.
Haha i self constructed it. It has water cooling. Bad idea :p
are you being serious ? you practiced 400 questions on Leet code ?
I didn't count them to be honest. But it felt like 450. I did them all from easy to hard
Jardis when do you find the time? At work?
Don't skimp. You already spend so much effort practicing.
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Get a cheap MacBook Air off Craigslist, it's pennies compared to the salary boost you will get
Ok i found a friend who has a laptop but I'm still pissed at the process and find it BS to have to use laptop for algorithmic questions. So i don't know.
Laptop coding for all rounds or for just one?
Not sure. They say to have it onsite. They mentioned no whiteboard at all for coding.
I had an interview with them a fee months ago, told them I didn't have one, they gave me a laptop for the interview.
Sf or Seattle?
LA
carry your official laptop.😁. heck why not...😉
I'm gonna get trouble if anyone find out. With all my amazon stickers.
just get a case for your laptop