Ask HN: What do I do? I love writing software but hate these interviews?

📰 Hacker News · throwaway494844

- Throwaway account because I'm pretty easily identifiable XD - Backstory: I resigned from a great job at a great company a few months ago (was just kinda tired and wanted a change). - I have recently dipped my toes back into the water, interviewing at a few places that I think I'd be a good fit for (from the outside looking in). - I don't take the "kill spray" approach to interviewing. I do genuinely make an attempt to submit a thoughtful application to a company where I think the fit (for both parties) is real. - I'd say I've had about 3 interviews reach the initial stages of a system design/architecture interview. - This is actually a big deal for me because unlike a lot of others, I choose to not pursue interviews that require LeetCode/HackerRank/etc (I have several years of experience at companies you've heard of, and have thousands of lines of public OSS code in various languages). - However, my interview experiences are ...

Published 26 Oct 2023
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