Software engineer interviews are difficult, how difficult is it? There is a word to describe it:
Interview to build airplanes, screw screws at work
That's right, during the interview, you will be asked about various principles and mechanisms, but these are difficult to use in actual work. Ever since, many engineers are very afraid of being asked to death during interviews.
In fact, you don’t have to. You should feel lucky to be asked to death during the interview , because the interviewer just wants to know how deep your technical foundation is. Being asked to death means that the interviewer has hollowed out your bottom. Has been dug by the interviewer, isn't it a lucky thing.
For those students who are afraid of being questioned to death, what they are really afraid of should be the embarrassment when being questioned to death . Because many students react in a circle when they encounter problems that they have not encountered before. At that time, their brains are blank, they don't know how to answer, and they have no response.
Believe me, this is the worst reaction when you encounter a question that you don’t know, and when you are asked to die, even if you say you can’t, it’s better than being in the circle.
Below I will teach you four tricks. After learning these four tricks, not only will you not be embarrassed, but your chances of passing the interview will be greatly improved.
The first trick: have the courage to admit defeat and change the subject
Classic rhetoric: I have never understood this. (ask the next question)
This is the most basic method. If it is really a question that you don’t know, just admit it openly and move on to the next question, maybe the next one is a question you are good at.
Note that the key point is to have the courage to admit it, and admit that you don't know it.
The interviewer will not be surprised by this reaction, and some interviewers will even continue to look for what you are good at.
Under normal circumstances, the interviewer will first take out a question of medium difficulty to test you. If you answer OK, then his difficulty will increase. If not, the difficulty may decrease, or you can find questions in other fields with the same difficulty. to ask you.
The first trick is to use higher efficiency to help you find your field of expertise. Once you find it, you must seize the opportunity to talk more, so that the interviewer will spend less time asking you other questions.
But if you answer "I haven't understood this" for several consecutive questions, the problem is more serious.
Remember this point. If you really encounter it, you can combine it with the fourth move to deal with it, and the effect will be slightly better.
The second trick: know as much as you say
Classic rhetoric: I don't know much about this issue, and this is how I understand it. . . . . I don’t know if my understanding is correct, please ask the interviewer to give some pointers.
The second method is suitable for technical points that you have heard of and know a little about, but have no chance to use, or do not study deeply.
This trick has three advantages.
1. Show that you are a hard thinker.
For software engineers, being good at thinking is a very important quality, and this trick is to tell the interviewer that although I have not used or studied it, I have thought about this technology.
2. Show that you love learning
At the same time, please ask the interviewer for some pointers at the end, which is also telling the interviewer that I am very interested in this technology and hope to learn from you.
Have you noticed? This is to show the interviewer another quality of yours: love to learn.
3. It doesn’t matter if you get the wrong answer
This trick has a side effect at the end, even if you get the wrong answer, it doesn't matter, the interviewer will not leave a bad impression on you on this question.
I have marked the key points in the script for your understanding.
Step 3: Introduce the same type of solution
Classic words: I have never used the technology you mentioned. I use XXXX technology in my work. How about I introduce it?
The third trick is applicable to the situation where the interviewer asks you that you are not familiar with the technical point, but you are familiar with other solutions of the same type.
For example, the interviewer asks you if you understand ActiveMQ? It happens that you have never used ActiveMQ, and you are familiar with Kafaka, so you can use this method at this time.
However, under normal circumstances, there may not be many opportunities to encounter this situation, because in most cases your resume interviewer can see it, and your resume will write what technology you master.
If you are still asked, in addition to using the classic words, you can introduce the differences between the two technologies, which will be more perfect. In short, the core of this trick is to change the subject.
The fourth trick: ask the interviewer
There are two last resorts:
One situation is that you have never heard of what the interviewer asked. In this case, it is recommended that you must ask what the interviewer said. Because sometimes you may know the technical points mentioned by the interviewer, but your names are different, or you didn’t think of this term for a while, and you may remember it as soon as the interviewer explains it, so that you will remember it. Earn yourself a chance.
The second situation is that you really don’t know what this technology is for. At this time, you should ask the interviewer. On the one hand, tell the interviewer that I love learning. On the other hand, if you just answer no, then the worst The final result is nothing more than failing the interview, let the interviewer tell you, and you still learn a trick, no matter what, it’s not a loss, isn’t that good?
When the interviewer is explaining to you, it will be more perfect if you can express your understanding and thinking about this technology.
The reason and the second move have the same effect.
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The above are the four tricks I summed up after observing the interview experience of many students. Using these four tricks flexibly, your interview will definitely get very good results.
I have an interview recording, in which the students used the fourth trick to the extreme. If you want to listen, you can click on the link: https://download.csdn.net/download/aley/87512624 , or you can follow my official account (Yao Sir interview room), reply "I was asked to die in the interview", and you can listen This interview is recorded. CSDN does not allow the recording, there is no way, so I have to trouble everyone.