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Discussion on: Are you a "confident" developer?

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Mateo Perez Salazar

I am not, I have experience building marketplaces , apps and another stuff, but I fail every time I try logic tests on job interviews :(

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Annie Taylor Chen

Logic test is fine, but I failed the timed hackerrank test. For some reason, they think algorithm are important for frontend people too.... T_T Even though for me that sense of design, being able to translate business needs, building something your users will love matter more than algorithm...(at least for frontend).

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Mateo Perez Salazar

Agree with you, logic test shouldn't be the main skill for a frontend job interview, it is really unfair if you can pass a HackerRank test but you don't have good code practices when you build a website, reject the idea of learning new code languages or you don't have good communication with your team

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Annie Taylor Chen

Yeah so many things that are important in the work is ignored. Or rather people who are good as a whole are brushed off for a narrow focus on one not so important aspect.

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leob

Who cares about freaking logic tests when you're capable of doing all of the way more important stuff that you mentioned? You should answer this question with YES !

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Mateo Perez Salazar

haha yeah, but it doesn't feel good to fail so many job interviews for the same problem.

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leob

Long time ago I failed some sort of stupid "IQ test" for a high-end hotshot company ... it was annoying but it didn't put me off that much, employees there had to dress up in business suits and so on so it wasn't my thing anyway. But, if you fail all of those interview questions then either you need to study up a bit or practice more, or maybe it's just psychological (fear? stress?), that could also be the point.

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Mateo Perez Salazar

Sometimes I think work for companies is not for me, I am fear to dress up those business suits too haha I am happy building things by my own. Yes my problem is psychological but I am working on it