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Programming Interviews Exposed, 4th Edition
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Programming Interviews Exposed, 4th Edition

by John Mongan, Noah Suojanen Kindler, Eric Giguere
April 2018
Beginner content levelBeginner
384 pages
11h 3m
English
Wrox
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3The Phone Screen

The first set of programming problems you’ll encounter will likely be in a technical phone interview, also known as a phone screen. Phone screens are designed to weed out unqualified candidates who aren’t worth the time investment of in-person technical interviews. If you don’t pass the phone screens (there may be multiple), you won’t be invited to the on-site interviews.

UNDERSTANDING PHONE SCREENS

Phone screens are all about determining if a candidate has the basic technical knowledge and experience required to work at the company. It’s easy for candidates to inflate their skills and experience to try to make it past the initial résumé screenings. For example, it’s not uncommon for candidates to claim proficiency in every programming language they’ve ever used, even those used only once for a school assignment. Some candidates go beyond exaggeration: they just lie. Inviting someone to on-site technical interviews only to discover that they really don’t have the basic skills needed for the position ...

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