Okay /g/, in about 5 hours, I have an interview for a software

>>55682961
kill yourself

>>55682967
I guess that would get me off the hook.

Reverse a binary tree

Write fizzbuzz

Go

>>55682961
>I have an interview for a software development technical position at Facebook.

And that should be technical interview for a software development position. Hand must have hit the trackpad.

>>55682980
If only it were going to be that simple, but thanks, Anon.

>>55682961
Don't worry about inspiration or motivation. Do something to calm you down: listen to music, play some games, anything that relaxes you. Unwind and be yourself. Good luck!

>>55683070
Thanks, Anon! I'm trying, but I can't shake the gnawing feeling I should go over like, breadth first search or some pathfinding algorithm one more time or something.

They look at your skill set and potential, they're not your average normie contractor type company. If you have already gone over all the stuff you think they might ask you as a question just relax, have fun and remember that you already have beaten the curve to allow you to even have this interview in the first place.

>>55683070
>be yourself

Nice meme reddit! We did it!!

>>55683152
>>55683152
>remember that you already have beaten the curve to allow you to even have this interview in the first place
Aw, Anon, now I'm getting all choked up. Thanks so much. What I'm worried about is freezing up over something I actually know and looking like a tool who is undeserving of the resume that got me here.

Sent an anonymous tip to facebook about an internal spy/ criminal getting an interview 4 hours and 40 minutes from now. Nothing will change, but expect weird questions (;

>>55683152
>they're not your average normie contractor type company
Also, that's the thing. I blow away interviews at normie places. I'm always the big fish/star at NormieLabs®. That's why I'm so scared. What if that's my destiny? Doomed wallow in small ponds.

>>55683274
Ha, thanks. You've probably been the most help of any, Anon.

>The only way it could be funnier is if my interviewer is in here.

>>55682961
>Facebook
Set up a bomb.
You will literally become the hero of /v/.

>>55683295
Well, this one is on the phone and I will be at home, so it would just be an an hero of myself and my cats. It would get me off the hook, though, like >>55682970 suggested.

>>55682961
No reason to be scared going into interviews. They liked you enough to bring you in. So the more shill you are the more they are likely to go easy on you. See the interview as going to see someone you know. Also a trick I use, take two Tylenol before going as they help with mild anxiety. It's to late to study anything other than looking at facts about the company. Maybe try beating off.

>>55682961
If you're scared that means you're not confident, which means you're not competent.

>>55683603
>>55683619
I've never been nervous before an interview in my entire life before this.

>>55682961
What's your qualification anon? Just curious.

>>55683647
I've been a pro for a little under 10 years, been a lead/principal for about a year now. I wrote an iOS app and a mobile backend that has almost a million users now and got funded through 500.co, but I am not involved in it anymore. Have about a dozen shipped products, everything from e-commerce to medical stuff. Got a CS degree. Was a hobbyist programmer as a young'un.

bump for discussion?

>>55682961
good luck OP, you will be a good wagecuck, you earned it.

>>55682993
Write a program that calculates the angle between the minute and hour hand of a clock given the time as the input

>>55685264
Thanks. Maybe the startup I mentioned in >>55683685 will get acquired for a lot more than I expect them to and then I won't have to anymore. Running a consultancy sucks, because it's just like being one for the client, and chasing down new clients sucks.

>>55685411
Also not going to do your homework for you, but checked.

>>55685507
>a googleable problem
>homework

Just write the fucking function anon. No one is going to steal your code.

>>55685411
>>55685507
Actually, fuck it, here's some pseudocode/sortofcode to keep my mind off things in this last hour

double determineHourHandAngle(int hour, int minute) {
double hourAngle = 0.5;
int hourCoefficient = 60 * hour + minute;
return hourAngle * hourCoefficient;
}

double determineMinuteHandAngle(int minute) {
double minuteAngle = 6.0;
return minuteAngle * minute;
}

double getHandAngle(Date time) {
double hourAngle = determineHourHandAngle(time.getHourComponent);
double minuteAngle = determineMinuteHandAngle(time.getMinuteComponent);
return abs(hourAngle - minuteAngle);
}

>>55685565
Happy? >>55685618

Okay guys, going in. Thanks /g/!

>>55686418
Godspeed, anon.

And how it ended? Can you now destroy fb from inside?

point out that you're a minority
that you care about women in tech
if you aren't, just make it up

>>55686915
>>55687064
I fucking nailed every question. Going to hear back in a few days probably.

>copy a binary tree
>move all zeroes to end of array

>>55682980
Damn, you were right.

>>55682961
They only hire ivy leaguers there. Sorry but it is the truth.

>>55685565
Also, thanks. Just writing that calmed me down and put me in the zone.

Do the traditional algorithms real quick (binary search tree, etc..) and cover the basics of X language (PHP I guess in this case?)

The most important thing is your character, you have to make them see and you are motivated and willing to learn quickly. They ask you if you know Z, you don't just say no, you say no but you'd love to learn and could probably learn it in a day or two if needed, because you love technology and have a thirst to build your career.

Nobody is expecting you to be a genius or walking encyclopedia of algorithms, but they are expecting to be able to work with you, so character and willingness to learn is important. If none of this is important to them, then you dodged a bullet, because it's probably a horrible workplace (No, it doesn't matter if it's Facebook, it can still be shit)

>>55688408
My interviewer was' Ivy. Degree from public university.

>>55688432
>Do the traditional algorithms real quick (binary search tree, etc..)
One problem used in-order traversal

>cover the basics of X language (PHP I guess in this case?)
Yes, but not PHP. I'm a mobile dev.

>>55688448
>wasn't Ivy.

>>55688353
>copy a binary tree
>move all zeroes to end of array

Goddamn. I got rammed in the ass at Apple because I couldn't work out a good compiler strategy for optimizing access to virtual functions in Objective C.

>>55688603
That's why you do Obj-C somewhere that isn't Apple!

We'll see what they do to me if I got the in-person off of it.

Copy a binary tree was just implementing copyWithZone on in-order traversal.

>>55688664
different anon here, but what do you mean copy a binary tree?

a = binary_tree()
b = a
?

>>55688693
Do a deep copy on the starting node and all children. That's just assigning a variable there.

So you do an inorder traversal (I did it recursively, but you could probably do it iteratively), and at each step your visitation function is to do a deep copy.

>>55688728
ok thanks for the explanation !

>>55688749
Anytime!