009 - Programming Interviews : Part 1

This is Part 1 on our two-part podcast on Programming Interviews. This week, we talk about how we went from hating programming interviews to understanding and appreciating them, and doing well.  Our first experience with programming interviews at BITS Pilani in 2005-06. How our friend Sankar Tanguturi mastered the art of interviews, and taught us how to do the same. Our initial hatred for interviews Why should I study algorithms etc. to interview for jobs where I'll be doing something completely different? Ravi answers some FAQs. How much does luck matter in interviews? Hopefully, we've answered the "why" in this episode. In the next one, we talk about "how" to prepare for programming interviews.