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2024 Q2
I just had a "clap-along". I had no idea this is how they tested entry-level.
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I just had my first interview (yup! very happy, after like 12 months of searching!). It was over zoom, and it was with my would-be supervisor (director of engineering) and the director of marketing, a
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I just had my first interview (yup! very happy, after like 12 months of searching!). It was over zoom, and it was with my would-be supervisor (director of engineering) and the director of marketing, and one other person, not even sure who they were though. I knew it wouldn't be a very difficult interview cause it's with a very small non-tech company in my state, and the position would be doing web development for our clients and partners. Anyways, the recruiter just told me that "entry-level CS knowledge would suffice" So after talking about myself for 5-10 minutes, the director of engineering said "are you ready for the technical part of the interview" Me: "Sure" Him: "Don't worry we don't like to have candidates stress. We just want someone that is motivated and willing to learn." Me: "Awesome, that sounds great." Him: "Okay, now I want you to "clap" when the right answer is read aloud, okay?" Me: "Okay" \*thinking, okay did I hear that right? That's strange\* Him: "First question. Which tool is used for styling a webpage? A.) HTML, B.) Javascript, C.) Django, or D.) CSS" Me: \*claps when I hear CSS\* Him: "Great! Next question: API stands for A.) "App Programming Initiative", B.) "Angular Programming Interface", C.) "Application Programming Interface" Me: \*claps when I hear the correct option for API" Him: "Excellent!!! You're one of the best candidates we've had so far!" Me: \*trying not to laugh\* "thank you!" So basically, yeah the interview was just that for like, 10 minutes (the questions were legit mostly that easy, yes, with a couple questions asking what a particular paradigm or basic python function might do). So yeah, has anyone ever had a clap-along interview before or just me?
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