hiring without whiteboards - instacart ?

Bank of America / Consultant
TorukMakto

Go to company page Bank of America Consultant

TorukMakto
Apr 12, 2021 8 Comments

https://github.com/poteto/hiring-without-whiteboards

who put instacart in that list even ?

are codesignal, coderpad, hackerrank - not whiteboard ?
does whiteboard still mean leetcode style ds & algo but without an actual whiteboard ?

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  • Capital One / R&D
    offtofaang

    Go to company page Capital One R&D

    offtofaang
    Lol
    Apr 12, 2021 0
  • Mobile interviews are different from backend and are much more “practical skills”-oriented. There will still be a system design portion, but mobile-focused.
    Apr 12, 2021 4
    • Bank of America / Consultant
      TorukMakto

      Go to company page Bank of America Consultant

      TorukMakto
      OP
      yeah, most android staff offers i received in the past two months were this - live hands-on coding, screen-share, fetch data from rest api end-point and display lists of items etc, real hands-on exercise in android studio and showcase real-time emulator functionality.
      what i am worried about is how much more complex can it get ?

      1. integrate google-maps, or BLE, or Camera-X, in the given 1 hour time-slot ?
      2. fix multiple bugs to get full-functionality "correctly" within the given 1 hour, after verbally speaking out ideas, basically in an entirely unfamiliar code-base ?
      3. fix bugs and logic in a single json parser function that is over 50 lines-of-code, and fails all unit-test cases ?
      4. develop an extremely complex logic for a game-app, like scores in a game of bowling, or analog-clock display, or minesweeper game ?

      i've seen them all, and I am not entirely sure where to draw the line for a good interview question, adequate skills to clear the bar of acceptance and such. basically, how much should i know at the top-of-my-head so i don't fumble during the interview for an insanely incomplete "practical skills" challenge. without ds & algo, and more of a "practical skills", i don't know what's a good completion state within 1 hour despite having to look up google and stackoverflow all the time ?
      Apr 13, 2021
    • Do your best. It’s eminently achievable.
      Apr 13, 2021
  • NewState of California Departmen / Eng
    browat

    NewState of California Departmen Eng

    browat
    Assume all companies ask LC coding questions to be on the safe side. Trust no one.
    Apr 12, 2021 1