I applied for a job as a software developer in an IT company. The next step in the recruitment process after the first interview is a programming interview. This programming interview is said to include a programming-related puzzle to be solved during the interview. What would be the best ways to prepare for such an interview? What experiences do you have of programming interviews?
leetcode.com has a lot of sample problems that are used by companies for hiring. You can make an account for free and spend the days leading up to the interview practicing problems on there to sharpen your skills, put you in the right mindset, and boost your confidence!
Remember that the interviewer is on your side, they want to hire you so they can be done with the whole miserable hiring process, so don’t be afraid to make mistakes or to ask for help! Be agreeable, if you’re competent enough with the hard skills to quickly learn what they need you to learn, then it’s going to be soft skills that get you the job.
Theres also exercism.org they have equally weird texts/branding and questionable privacy policy but at least they don’t have the commercial aspect.
I had never heard of exercism, but I love it so far. I’d still recommend leetcode for preparing for a job interview, though.
Leetcode is a bunch of one-off programming challenges like you’d find on a test, it is designed to get you ready for a job interview not to teach you the fundamentals of programming. Exercism is series of learning exercises that build on each other, it is intended to teach newbies the fundamentals and to provide practice while learning a new language.