Bryan Cranston's Advice to Aspiring Actors

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Strong rec soham · 2016-03 · on “For anyone who has been turned down by 38 companies”

There is only one way to toughen up: Practice. Be it interviews or sports. Be it negotiations or cooking. Practice and practice perfectly. 1. Take mock interviews from experienced engineers Go one topic at a time e.g. Recursion or Trees or DP or Multithreading etc. Before you walk into the interview, practice well. Do at least 20 problems on that topic, if not more. 2. Do practice interviews at companies you don't want to work for Don't feel an imposter in doing this. Realize that companies also go thru several candidates before they pick one. They are normal people like you, they have a learning curve to fill the position, and so do you. Finding the right company, at the right stage of your

Strong rec eric_h · 2016-03 · on “For anyone who has been turned down by 38 companies”

> Nobody explains this better than the meth guy: [this video] That clip just increased my already substantial respect for Bryan Cranston, though I feel as though calling him the "meth guy" does him a disservice. Yes, Breaking Bad brought him a great deal of exposure, but I think that even his role in Malcolm in the Middle showed how capable he is as an actor. The fact that he performed both roles excellently is also a testament to his skills. He's also won a Tony, and was nominated for a few director awards. ( [LINK] )

Recommends js2 · 2015-11 · on “What I Learned From Blowing An Interview”

"Bryan Cranston's Advice to Aspiring Actors" [this video] Thanks for the tip. I hadn't seen this video before.

Recommends soham · 2016-04 · on “Ask HN: I do terrible in algorithm questions in interviews”

You're thinking of interviews as standardized tests (exam). To some extent, they are, but overall they are closer to a date , than to an exam. In other words, it's not sufficient that you be good at algorithms. You also need to get a panel of interviewers with whom you gel well. What interviewers you get at a company, is not in your hands. You can try a few things: 1. Do mock interviews with experienced interviewers. Get used to being judged. Repeatedly. 2. Don't interview with the agony of getting a job. Just go to solve the problems. Listen to this: [this video] 3. Interview at companies that bias towards take-home tests. If you haven't already, then try triplebyte.com. They can help you find s

Recommends soham · 2016-05 · on “How to win the coding interview”

[Disclaimer: I run [LINK] . It's a hyper-focused bootcamp on coding interview prep] Probably one of the biggest mistakes developers make, is to treat coding interviews like they are standardized tests with a checklist of evaluation. They are not. They are like a date. The other person is judging whether they want to work with you, more than anything else. No matter how good you are, you won't get into a long-term relationship (date) if you don't confirm to the (technical and social) beliefs (and biases) of your interviewer (date). The reverse is also true viz. no matter how mediocre you are, you'll get in, if you do. So, do everything what the author says, but you'll progress faster if you k

Recommends tomohawk · 2016-08 · on “Ask HN: How does someone get more confident?”

First, find a mentor you can talk to and who can guide you. In your case, getting a mentor who does not work where you work would be better. Perhaps someone at church, or within the local tech community. Second, it sounds like you may be overthinking things. Get yourself out there and start interviewing. You'll find that your thought processes will often change in response to actions. When you get out there and start looking, keep this in mind: [this video]

Recommends mandeepj · 2022-07 · on “Ask HN: I’m 41 and still unmarried – what should I do?”

> You can only present the best version of yourself, but you can't control who will and won't like you if you want to listen to that advice - [this video]