what to do during a live coding phone interview if you dont know how to solve the question?
im still trying to get good at leetcode and have a live coding phone interview coming up not 100% prepared. ill know within 6 seconds if i can solve the question or not. what should i say if i know forsure i cant solve the question ? should i just be honest and say i have no idea how to solve this question?
They want to hear your thought process, and a good interviewer will give you hints if you get truly stuck (though that will probably detract from your rating.) Start talking through the problem as much as you can - see if there’s another problem you can compare it to, point out how you might break it down into smaller problems, identify the areas you’re going to get stuck, etc. There should never be a problem where you have literally nothing to say.
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Never give up during an interview - especially not after 6 seconds!! Ask clarifying questions if you’re stuck and speak out loud so the interviewer can guide you in the right direction
Never give up, never surrender
Google it
Do interviewers really understand we are writing it from stack overflow?
Do’t copy paste .. take the concept then write it your way. Most of the time it’s just about the idea as soon as you see the solution it will make sense and you can implement it in different ways
What kind of questions do you think you can solve and what kind of questions are you apprehensive about?
DFS/BFS I’m pretty worried about
Those two might be the most commonly used algorithms in onsites. You gotta get those down before doing more phone interviews.
"pass" "next question"
Can I phone a friend?
What is bfa and DFS?
How does one live code on a phone?
I ment like he/she can see what I type lol sorry
Ask for help getting started. Those interviews are generally to see how u struggle.