Any last minute advice for a pair programming technical interview? Excited but slightly nervous 😬

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To update - I did it ladies! I have to say the interviewers I had couldn’t have been nicer. Very encouraging and put me at ease when I got nervous at times. I actually got struck with pot luck, the question I got on the interview I done in leet code only a few days before. So I had an idea how to do it. Of course I did talk through all my steps and asked questions, made sure on same trail of thought process etc. lots of talking out loud lol. I did get stuck at one point remembering how I done one element of the problem, talked through my code out loud and managed to unstuck myself with some gentle help of the interviewers. Of course I thought it all went, until I realised they wanted to go through another question but we ran out of time to go through a second problem. So had some technical algorithms and data structure questions in my code of the first problem, all were fine. I had the chance to ask a few questions at the end which I did too. I’m delighted it went well as it did, only for the fact there was no time to go through a second question. Tbh I was taking my time explaining it all and thought I had loads of time. I’m hoping it’s not a deal breaker! I find out Monday if I progress to the next stage. I haven’t done a pair programming interview. Only normal code screenings and white boards in the past, so this was new to me! 😃

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that's the spirit!

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Yes. Review data structures. Very important to know which to use

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When solving a programming problem wxplain your train of thought as you do it or even if you are not writing code and are a bit stuck explain what is going on in your head. "ok so problem is this, since we that result I can see xyz edge case to keep in mind, hesitating between a and b data structure for x reason. Dont be shy to ask about context/main goal (speed vs conserving memory space) etc

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For anyone curious, I passed and got through to the next interview round! Thank you all for your helpful words of encouragement. May these comments help anyone else going through a similar process in future

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Yay!!! Congratulations

You'll do it! Don't let the nervousness stop you :)

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Make sure to come prepared with a few questions of your own to ask your interviewer. This will show that you're interested in the role and that you've done your research.

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Make sure you are familiar with the language and tools that will be used in the interview. If you are not familiar with a language or tool, ask the interviewer for a quick demonstration on how to use it. Don't be afraid to show that you're not an expert, it's best this way instead of pretending that you know everything!

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Just seeing this now. How did it go, OP? I'll be you knocked their socks off! 🤗 Please update when you get a chance!

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Congratulations!!

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Thank you so much 😊 one more technical interview round and a final interview with one of the managers if I get past that. Fingers crossed 🤞🏻

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