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Discussion on: Not all developer job interviews are the same

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Onayngo Benard • Edited

This is particularly true, Most cases developer don't even make it past the technical interview. Self taught developer like my usually don't even have a CS background. But that doesn't necessarily make them not stand a chance in the tech industry.

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Chris Bongers

I have an IT degree as well, like Haris, but in ICT Media Design.
Where a lot of the tech stuff like algorithms is skipped.

It does focus a lot of web development, an area where I feel you don't even need that stuff at all.

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HS

That's not only for non-CS people. I have a background in IT but not CS, mine is quite literally one of the rare case Bachelor of Information Technologies. However some points to take is that some companies should do this as they should have best of the devs they can get due to their projects. Sadly all other companies do this as well thinking they actually offer something. Now so far I usually fail on s"social" or "informal" interview where I quite know the reason although they never tell it's that I'm "not a cultural fit". This means they understand that I won't calp hands and pretend everything is great while there's a pile of problems or/and sacrifice my personal family time for poor team buildings meant for pictures for social media. Toxic positivity and patter funtional interviews are in all time high while actually nothing is offered back. I say thank God that I don't pass those and maybe it's good for others(you) as well