Still no word about the job referenced recently. Since life has been busy I’ve felt little need to keep this up to date. I have another interview on September 11th. A lot further away this time but that’s something to deal with when I get there. I’m concerned about the coding test (all 45 minutes of it) since I don’t have a CS degree I’m worried that my self taught approach of solving (programming) problems isn’t sufficient to set me on the career path I’d like, I’m quietly hoping that everything else will make up for that and my experience will show where a fresh graduate might not comprehend. ... Read more

Turns out I made a decent enough impression on the phone interview to warrant the travel expenses and face to face. I can see why you’d want to check someone out beforehand - with two interviewers and 3 hours out of their day! There were plenty of things I think I missed, and equally plenty of things I could have done better. The technical questions came in three parts: a dodgy bit of C code in the style of “what does this do? ... Read more