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🚩7 Red Flags During A Software Engineering Job Interview
Watch out for these red flags during job interviews to not fall into some mud
1. Theoretical Questions Not Tied To The Role
If the interviewer asks you a theoretical question that isn’t used in the particular role, like Fibbonaci sequence. It means the company is hiring people with theoretical knowledge, but not practical one.
Hi! I’m a software engineer for many years, I’ve participated in hundreds of interviews and hosted more than that interviews to hire software engineers for companies i’ve worked with. It gives me a deep insight into early signals you should watch out for as a candidate.
Most likely you’ll end up with people who don’t have experience or focus on the aspects that aren’t really needed to drive good quality results. Big red 🚩 Good moment to stop the interview and save time.
If you want the job anyways but you don’t remember the algorithm, you can answer like this:
During my 10-year career as a software engineer, I have consistently delivered high-quality, performant code. While I learned about concepts like the Fibonacci sequence and similar algorithms during my formal software engineering education a decade ago, and…
