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Discussion on: Why I've started asking companies about their technical interviews before proceeding with them

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Tori Crawford

An interview should be to try and get the best out of someone, not to put them on the spot and catch them out.

This really speaks to me as someone who often gets high anxiety during interviews and my mind just crashes. I feel like Spongebob in the episode where he can't even remember his own name.

Mini Spongebobs in his head deleting all memories and knowledge

I feel much more comfortable when I'm given a take home that eventually is discussed in detail during the on-site. I can talk about my code no problem, but being put on the spot in a high stress situation makes me crumble for some reason.

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Charlotte

Oh this is so me too! My mind sometimes just goes blank in an interview situation when I'm put on the spot. It doesn't help that the anxiety beforehand means you quite often don't get a good night's sleep too!