How did it go?

It went pretty well. The meetup I went to was hosted by CSSA(Chinese Student Scholar Association) about how to do better coding interviews using Python. They invited a couple of Software Engineers from FAANG and one from Google told us to only use Python to do the tech interviews.

What did you learn?

• Python is the best language for coding interviews
• The tech interviewer only cares about your thoughts. They don’t care which language you use to code
• Python write significantlly less code then all the other languages like Java and C++
• There are a lot of short cut you can use in Python, and it will increase your coding performance

Would you find value in this kind of event after class?

Yes. It helped me learn more about coding interviews and the kinds of abilities I should present during them.

How was the experience different from your expectations?

I expect they will do some live coding stuff, but they just showed us a bunch of PPTs.

Could you see yourself becomming a member of a professional community like this in the future?

Yes I will. After I become an export in coding interviews, and start working for one of the FAANG companies.