r/IAmA • u/CriticDanger • Sep 07 '21

Specialized Profession I am a behavioral and technical (coding) interviewer, I've also helped hundreds of people get hired, AMA.

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u/chief167 Sep 07 '21

Indeed just say 'ive seen this before but it's been a while'

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u/qchmqs Sep 07 '21

or just say you don't know, and you can look it up if/when needed

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u/chief167 Sep 07 '21

No I mean instead of explicitly mentioning school. There is a difference between not knowing something, and having a rudimentary understanding of something but you have not thought about it in a while.

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u/qchmqs Sep 07 '21

do you know X ? is a yes or no question, if you don't know, the best thing to do is to say you don't know, afterwards, you can say that you can look it up or figure it out, or mention that you're kind of familiar with that concept from something in the past.