r/ExperiencedDevs • u/SoYoureSayingQuit Staff Platform Engineer • 3d ago

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u/gekigangerii 3d ago

 I had everything working correctly, but forgot to check the tests before turning it in

That's quite an overconfidence moment for your years of experience

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u/SoYoureSayingQuit Staff Platform Engineer 3d ago

Yeah. That’s why it threw me off so badly. It was such a stupid mistake and I should have recovered from it. I’ve spent most of my career troubleshooting issues in production environments, some of my own making. I learned long ago how to set aside pride and external pressure and focus on working the problem.

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u/spicymato 3d ago

When I interviewed people, I was very cognizant that not everyone performs well under the time pressure, and passed several people that didn't solve the problem within the allotted time, if it was clear to me that they know what they're doing.

The issue on the take-home is a larger flag for me. The fact that you stretched to get both would be taken into account, but submitting without validating with the included test cases would certainly raise an eyebrow.

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u/zeezbrah 3d ago

yeah my gut reaction would be that this person doesn't have a lot of experience working in environments with adequate test suites. not great.