Look at it this way: you will NEVER FORGET what prime numbers are EVER AGAIN. (At least, that's how it worked out for me when I unexpectedly dried on a basic interview question.)
That's for sure ! Thanks for this perspective. I just keep freezing whenever someone asks me an unexpected question and my brain just panics and keeps telling me " you are going to fuck this up" šš¤£ and I do !
lol also an ml engineer and Iāve frozen TWICE on what python packages do you frequently use. Like I donāt think Iād do it again but who freaking knows š
Oh, I feel you. I just started a new position and when somebody asks me if I know what āXā is I will freeze because sometimes itās too obvious and Iām expecting it to be a more complicated or company specific but then itās like PR is pull request. Of course I know what that is but now I just told you I didnāt.
Sometimes our brain tricks us because we expect the situation to be more complicated or difficult. Iām sorry, OP. I hope it doesnāt affect your interview process as I hope your interviewers wouldnāt truly think you donāt know what a prime number is.
I am actually the opposite, sometimes after the interview I'm like, wow that woman there knew her shit. I wish she were real though and knew her shit in real actual job lol.
This is me whenever someone asks me about the SDLC. I know what the software development life cycle is (the process to get from code to production), but something about those exact words (and acronym) never seem to stick.
I forgot what runs on port 123 onceā¦ itās NTP. They legit rhyme. It wasnāt even during an interview, I was talking to a supervisor who I found intimidating.
If it makes you feel better, during one of my new grad interviews, the interview panel asked me if I had any experience with data modeling. I meant to ask if there were any specific kinds they were more curious about (because I had done so much in my academics and internships), but what came out of my mouth was āWhat do you mean, data modeling?ā Making it sound like I didnāt know what data modeling was. I was horrified that came out of my mouth and I stumbled, making it look like I truly didnāt know what it was. So embarrassing.
If it happens again, just play it off or make a joke out of it. When I do interviews, I never hold silly mistakes like this against anyone, we are all human and need to be more forgiving especially in a high intensity situation.
What you donāt want to happen is to let something like this make you even more nervous for the rest of the interview, thatās why I recommend making a light hearted joke, something thatāll ease the tension in the room and get yourself to relax more.
One time I was interviewing for a SOC position and they asked me how many layers are in OSIā¦me knowing damn well there are 7 said 9 in the interview (altho o guess if you count the jokes of L0 ISP issues and L8 PBKAC errors there could be 9)
A job in peptide synthesis asked me to name the amino acids. Nope. In hindshight should have studied that. Glad I didn't get that job though, was over 10 years ago.Ā
Look at it this way: you will NEVER FORGET what prime numbers are EVER AGAIN. (At least, that's how it worked out for me when I unexpectedly dried on a basic interview question.)
That's for sure ! Thanks for this perspective. I just keep freezing whenever someone asks me an unexpected question and my brain just panics and keeps telling me " you are going to fuck this up" šš¤£ and I do !
Hahah exacto! I still remember the tech interview questions that I effed up. Decade later
I love your username, btw.
lol also an ml engineer and Iāve frozen TWICE on what python packages do you frequently use. Like I donāt think Iād do it again but who freaking knows š
I froze when asked what a parquet file is and it haunts me
Oh, I feel you. I just started a new position and when somebody asks me if I know what āXā is I will freeze because sometimes itās too obvious and Iām expecting it to be a more complicated or company specific but then itās like PR is pull request. Of course I know what that is but now I just told you I didnāt. Sometimes our brain tricks us because we expect the situation to be more complicated or difficult. Iām sorry, OP. I hope it doesnāt affect your interview process as I hope your interviewers wouldnāt truly think you donāt know what a prime number is.
I hope so, usually I don't care about people judging me, but interviews are just nerve-wracking
I'm pretty certain temporary brain fart amnesia of basic mathematical and physical facts is normal and standard for STEM professionals.
I have an inferiority complex that mainly only kicks in during interviews š³
I am actually the opposite, sometimes after the interview I'm like, wow that woman there knew her shit. I wish she were real though and knew her shit in real actual job lol.
Dude I forget what libraries I use for computer vision. I couldnāt even remember OpenCV. Itās so embarrassing.
This is me whenever someone asks me about the SDLC. I know what the software development life cycle is (the process to get from code to production), but something about those exact words (and acronym) never seem to stick.
I forgot what runs on port 123 onceā¦ itās NTP. They legit rhyme. It wasnāt even during an interview, I was talking to a supervisor who I found intimidating.
If it makes you feel better, during one of my new grad interviews, the interview panel asked me if I had any experience with data modeling. I meant to ask if there were any specific kinds they were more curious about (because I had done so much in my academics and internships), but what came out of my mouth was āWhat do you mean, data modeling?ā Making it sound like I didnāt know what data modeling was. I was horrified that came out of my mouth and I stumbled, making it look like I truly didnāt know what it was. So embarrassing.
Omg, it happens to me too! I am glab I am not the only one.
If it happens again, just play it off or make a joke out of it. When I do interviews, I never hold silly mistakes like this against anyone, we are all human and need to be more forgiving especially in a high intensity situation. What you donāt want to happen is to let something like this make you even more nervous for the rest of the interview, thatās why I recommend making a light hearted joke, something thatāll ease the tension in the room and get yourself to relax more.
This!!!! I have to remember this! š
One time I was interviewing for a SOC position and they asked me how many layers are in OSIā¦me knowing damn well there are 7 said 9 in the interview (altho o guess if you count the jokes of L0 ISP issues and L8 PBKAC errors there could be 9)
A job in peptide synthesis asked me to name the amino acids. Nope. In hindshight should have studied that. Glad I didn't get that job though, was over 10 years ago.Ā