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Find the best one and implement it”  \n● The do-you-know-this-language interview:  \n○ “Please explain what the Virtual keyword does in C++”  \n● The write-a-lot-of-code-quickly interview:  \n○ “Here is a (somewhat open-ended?) problem with low-algorithmic content, please write a reasonable solution and explain your design”  \n○ “Implement Tetris”  \n● The domain-knowledge interview:  \n○ “Here is a problem from our industry, explain how your would solve it under these constraints”  \n○ May or may not involve code  \nThere’s also …(that you likely will not encounter until new grad so we won’t cover today)  \n● System design questions  \n○ How would you design a color picker? (Barely any code, but talk through the UI, database, API, etc with the interviewer)  \n● Bug squashing  \n○ Given already implemented functions, find bugs and fix them  \n● Integration-style questions  \n○ Given an API, make calls to it to solve the problem  \n● & more  \nGeneral Interview Process  \n1. Hackerrank / Online Coding Challenge  \n2. Technical (and Recruiter) phone screens OR on-campus  \n3. Onsite interview  \n○ “Onsite” but most are remote nowadays  \n○ ~~ 4~~ 5 hours on zoom :’) ← though internship interview processes are often shorter  \n4. Offer  \n5. Profit  \nHow to even get a technical interview opportunity?  \n● For Hackerranks / coding challenges, some companies give them out almost automatically upon applying. If you want practice, APPLY APPLY APPLY!  \n● Apply EARLY!  \n● Go to career fairs / company events / stands / chats / etc and talk to recruiters or engineers.  \n○ “Apply online” but you could get lucky  \n● Get referrals from your friends  \n○ Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon  \n○ Upperclassmen are your friends here  \nTechniques  \n- Get a good night of sleep & eat properly  \nTechniques  \n- The flow  \n- Clarifying questions  \n- Brainstorm data structures before coding  \n- Think of the brute force solution first  \n- Tell the interviewer a high-level overview of your solution before coding for real  \n- State that you know this is too long / inefficient / blah, state why  \n- Now try to improve upon it  \n- You can ask for hints if you’re absolutely stuck!","cbCaijJ1U1oIpM3t","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijJ1U1oIpM3t","pdf",305289,26,"English","# What is a technical interview?\n## Sub-Types of Technical Interview\n# General Interview Process\n# How to even get a technical interview opportunity?\n# Techniques","[{\"question\":\"What should you expect in a technical interview?\",\"answer\":\"You are expected to write code, usually on a whiteboard or notebook. 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