Self-Review Checklist and Common Rejection Reasons
50 min · Advanced
A mock interview is useful only if you review it honestly and change something before the next one. Most rejections of prepared candidates come from a short list of habits, and each has a clear fix.
Topics in this lesson
- Self-review checklist: five areas
- Common rejection reasons
- Turning feedback into a fix list
- Behaviour during the round: hints and nerves
Interview questions this lesson answers
- What do you do when you do not know the answer to a question?
- You have been quiet for a while. Can you tell me what you are thinking?
- Are you sure about that answer?
- Your solution is wrong for this input. Can you find out why?
- Can you think of a better solution?
- How would you test this code?
- What is the time and space complexity of your solution?
- We are almost out of time. How would you finish?
- Have you seen this problem before?
- Why do you think you were not selected in earlier interviews?
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