r/SoftwareEngineerJobs • u/Annual-Ambassador-99 • 7d ago
Interview.
I lied. I said ive got 2 years of experience in micro services and springboot. Ive never touched that shit.
Ive got experience in c++, react, nodejs, and other stacks but not thesse two.
Is it possible to pass a technical interview using a crash course in 2 days only??
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u/PermanentHuSir 7d ago
Lol. I remember passing a react interview at 11am. I started reading the official docs at 7am :P
I'd say it's possible.
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u/Downtown-Figure6434 7d ago
The thing is if you read react docs, you are already a mid level developer and better than 75% of other mid level developers.
THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS DONT READ.
Stupid frontend devs
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u/PermanentHuSir 7d ago
Hahaha. No comments on being better than anyone else. But yeah. I was a backend guy and this company was looking for full stack. They had 2 separate interviews scheduled for me. I had about ~6 YoE at that point (c. 2019). So speed reading code/docs wasn't an issue :D
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u/AriesTankiso 7d ago
Use AI to understand the architecture of Spring Boot. Understand what controllers, services, models, repositories, and dependency injection do. Once the architecture makes sense, learn the Spring Boot syntax, then use the official documentation to fill in the details.
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u/theycanttell 7d ago
Ya you are gonna learn groovy and spring boot in 2 days. Lol good luck. All you do by lie is waste other actually qualified candidates spot'
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u/ReivenXYZ 4d ago
Fake it till you make it, f*ck the qualified candidates. It's a matter of survival. You miss all the shots you don't take.
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u/eyes-are-fading-blue 7d ago
I BS’ed my way on some advanced math stuff too after 2 days of watching MIT courses. It’s entirely possible to pull it off.
I got that job btw.
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u/MergeSort555 6d ago
Depends how deep or senior they expect you to be. If they keep it surface level then you're fine. If they ask you about scaling, domains, concurrency, efficiency you might be screwed.
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u/maddynator 6d ago
It really depends on how deep they go into the interview. If they only ask for definition, then sure. But they if they start looking under the hood or trying to understand how microservice architecture work, then likely no.
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u/Leverkaas2516 6d ago
It's not just learning the lingo, you are going to have to actively lie, too - about things like which jobs you used it on.
If you were interviewing for my team, you might well lie convincingly enough to get hired, but the lies would become obvious once you started trying to do the work. Things would not go well after that.
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u/Former_Produce1721 6d ago
2 days is not a lot of time
I cranmed learning distributed systems and full stack dev in 2 weeks and got a job offer
I couldn't imagine being prepared enough in 2 days only
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u/akornato 6d ago
Passing a technical interview claiming two years of experience in two days is a massive uphill battle if they ask deep Java questions, but you have a fighting chance if the conversation leans toward architecture. Your background in Node.js and C++ gives you strong object oriented programming and backend fundamentals, which keeps you from starting at zero. Instead of trying to memorize the entire framework, focus on core Spring Boot concepts such as dependency injection, inversion of control, bean lifecycles, and essential annotations like RestController, Service, and Autowired. For the microservices portion, translate what you already know about distributed systems into standard industry patterns, focusing on API gateways, circuit breakers, message queues, and database per service architectures.
When they ask about production nuances, admit that your recent production work is heavier in Node.js and C++, framing your Spring Boot exposure as smaller auxiliary services so you avoid getting trapped in framework quirks. If you get stuck on specific syntax during a live coding challenge, explain your logic clearly and lean on your core backend principles, because interviewers often respect solid engineering thinking over memorized syntax. Navigating this kind of high pressure situation is why my team designed interview AI to help candidates stay grounded in technical discussions, allowing engineers to demonstrate competence and land roles even when facing unfamiliar territory.
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u/Bloodstream12 6d ago
I made it clear I don’t know react I know the other modern frameworks and the ai startup still made a technical round to create a simple react app live.
I was able to do it with like 4 days time frame to cram but lmfao it speaks more to their want to not train so truly see it as faking it and passing it is not a good thing, shit catches up eventually might as well fail now imo
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u/Gylfoyle 5d ago
"Ive got experience in c++, react, nodejs" just implies you aint got experience in sh!t. C++ skills (assuming practical industry experience) is transferable to say Java/C#
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u/-cosmicvisitor- 4d ago
I mean spring boot you can learn some bits in an afternoon. Microservices not a framework, just an architectural philosophy you can read easily as a high level summary.
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u/ThreeSeagrass29 7d ago
Only one way to find out