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l33tminion) wrote2008-08-09 03:30 pm
l33tminion) wrote2008-08-09 03:30 pm
Job Retrospection
One of the side benefits of getting the job is that you can look back at the notes for your own hiring process. When it came to getting that interview at ITA, my programming puzzle just barely made the cut (which I more or less expected). The factors working for me:
1. I knew some of the more advanced idioms and data structure of Python
2. I went to Olin (well, at least one commenter on the ticket viewed that as a positive)
3. Some of the more negative commenters deferred judgment because they didn't know Python that well
4. People thought I could have gotten a more optimal solution if not under time pressure (maybe so)
Go figure. I haven't seen the notes from my actual interviewing, don't know if those are kept anywhere (internally) public.
That aside, work progresses apace, my adjustments to my fitness routine seem to be on the right track, and life is good.
1. I knew some of the more advanced idioms and data structure of Python
2. I went to Olin (well, at least one commenter on the ticket viewed that as a positive)
3. Some of the more negative commenters deferred judgment because they didn't know Python that well
4. People thought I could have gotten a more optimal solution if not under time pressure (maybe so)
Go figure. I haven't seen the notes from my actual interviewing, don't know if those are kept anywhere (internally) public.
That aside, work progresses apace, my adjustments to my fitness routine seem to be on the right track, and life is good.