Has anyone else ever bombed a coding interview that covered the basic things? I am feeling like a complete idiot even though most of this was simple

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Yes. I’ve bombed a stats 101 question and I want to kick myself.

But seriously how many have memorized their textbook that closely? Especially with experienced hires? I heard some big tech folks who got laid off find it hard to get back in because the interview process became really, really hard

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A friend bombed an interview and couldn’t even remember what ETL was because he was so nervous. He ended up at a FAANG shortly after

You’ll be fine

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case in point. Lol!

All the best, OP

I’ve bombed ad hoc phone calls testing knowledge.

It’s like, I don’t know every detail off the top of my head but every coder uses stack overflow and knows how to research and patch things together. Also annoying when you don’t use their preferred tool/language super frequently. you understand the logic but need to refresh syntax.

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