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A friend of mine graduated from a coding bootcamp and joined Google a few months ago. He had the same concern when he started, that he was hired because he practiced interview questions for mont…

Susan's Digest   Top Stories For You   I'm a mediocre software engineer. Can I be successful in companies like Facebook, Google, Uber etc? I prepared like hell for 6 months, and got an offer from one of them. I fear I got the offer because of my preparation and I'll fail on the job. Timothy Johnson, former Software Engineering Intern at Google (2017) • Answered November 11, 2019 A friend of mine graduated from a coding bootcamp and joined Google a few months ago. He had the same concern when he started, that he was hired because he practiced interv... Read More » 174.2K 835 11   I have an offer letter. My boss asked to show the offer letter. He said that if I showed it, he would give me the same package. What should I do? Jeff Gib • Answered February 28 No, under no circumstances should you show that offer letter. You can let him/her know the terms but do not show them the letter. Do not disclose to your company or any of y... Read More » 126.3K 629 12   Did teenagers go further than just kissing in cars in the 50s and 60s? J.D., B.S. Life & Death and Dying, School of Hard Knocks (2008) • Answered August 5 Back in the 60s girls could wear " Drive-In" pants. They were slacks that had a sipper starting on one leg cuff all the way up and back down to the other leg cuff. Unzip it... Read More » 571.1K 1.8K 100   Uber says my rating for drivers is anonymous, so why does my personal rating go down after I give a driver less than 5 stars? Rebecca Hetrick, Driver at Uber (2016-present) • Answered February 28 It is true that when you rate your driver, we cannot see what you rated us. But, we can see our overall rating. So when our overall rating drops after we've had a rude pass... Read More » 75.6K 94 30   If software engineers can spend months preparing for technical interviews, can't companies spend 5 minutes simply stating the clear reasons why the candidate was rejected, so they can improve their preparation for future interviews? Kurt Guntheroth, Software Engineer for 40 years, author of book Optimized C++ • Answered September 18 You won't like this answer: Software engineers spend months preparing for technical interviews because they believe that if they get hired, they will rake in ridiculous amou... Read More » 451.3K 2.6K 88 Explore more stories

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