I have an interview tomorrow with a coding bootcamp in Woodside. I wanted to
run through some practice interview questions, so using the questions I was
asked during my first code bootcamp interview (with another school), I wrote a
program to feed me questions that I could respond to and then I tried to think
of a few points that I want to try to work into the interview that I could
relate to the questions… here is the program that I wrote (in javascript).
var questions = [a, b, c, d, e]
var a = "Tell me about yourself and how you got where
you are."
var b = "Why do you see computer programming as the
next step."
var c = "When did you do programming before/ what did
you like about it -- what was your favorite part"
var d = "Tell me about where you want to go moving
forward after the program environment you'd like to be in etc"
var e = "What are your hobbies/ what do you do?"
var stories = [f, g, h, i, j]
var f = "Teaching -> G Gnome rap"
var g = "Writing a book/ writing group "
var h = "Working at Verengo / Corporate
environment"
var i = "Writing group/ community learning"
var j = "Gardening and Cooking"
var selectQuest = function (questions)
{while
(questions.length > 0)
{
numb =
Math.floor((Math.random() * questions.length) + 0);
var givenQuest
=questions[numb];
var reply = prompt
(givenQuest);
console.log
(givenQuest);
console.log
("you said " + reply);
console.log
("points you should have touched")
switch(givenQuest)
{
case a:
console.log (f);
console.log (h);
break;
case b:
console.log (h);
break;
case c:
console.log (i);
break;
case d:
console.log (i);
console.log (f);
break;
case e:
console.log (i);
console.log (j);
break;
default:
console.log ("talk about unicorns");
};
questions.splice(numb,1);
console.log("
")
}
}
selectQuest (questions)
*****
This was my output for my first (successful) run…
When did you do programming before/ what did you like about
it -- what was your favorite part
you said:
I did programming for
the first time when I was in college. I was required to take intro to c++, so I
did, and I liked it, but I was hell bent on getting a degree in Environmental
studies so I could be a park ranger or something, so I didn't think much about
pursuing computer science until I started to meet people who are programmers
and they thought I would enjoy it and might be good at it so about a year ago I
started doing some exercises on code academy and I've kind of dabbled here and
there ever since. Fav part is efficiency of language… when you hit on that
perfect something…
points you should
have touched
Writing group/
community learning
Tell me about where you want to go moving forward after the
program environment you'd like to be in etc
you said
I want to work in an environment where I will be challenged
and will be able to reach out to my peers to get and offer support and advice
and where I can feel like I am contributing. I want there to be more of
something at the end of the day than there was at the beginning and I want to
have peers who I can turn to and be like "dude, I just accomplished this
thing" and we can geek out about it.
points you should have touched
Writing group/
community learning Teaching -> G Gnome rap
What are your hobbies/ what do you do?
you said
I enjoy everything to
do with vegetables. I like to grow them, cook them, eat them, compost them. I
also like to write. I go to a couple local writing groups through meet up and I
like to do outdoorsy/ athletic things when I can.
points you should have touched
Writing group/ community learning Gardening and Cooking
Why do you see computer programming as the next step.
you said
technology brings people together in unique ways. It can be
used to find common threads between people to bring them together or to make a
learning experience more personalized and relatable. I just really appreciate
the way technology can enhance experiences and interactions off the screen and
I want to be a part of that. points you
should have touched
Working at Verengo / Corporate environment
Tell me about yourself and how you got where you are.
you said
A couple years back I was working at a moving company in the
Bay area and I just didn't feel like I was doing enough with my life, so I
decided I wanted to be a teacher. My brother is a teacher in AZ and he told me
if I could pass a science test I would have no problem getting a job in AZ as a
teacher -- despite the fact that I do not have any background in education, so
I studied for a few months, took a couple online classes, got some shots and
finger prints and BAM got offered a job at every school I applied to. However,
I didn't have any idea what it was like to work with a class room full of
students until I was actually there in that environment and as it turns out, it
is very isolating to be the only adult and I prefer to work with adults rather
than kids, so I bowed out of that, took some time off and wrote a book then
decided to get a job for a solar company which is where I am now. And there are
a lot of things I enjoy about myjob, but I still don't feel like I am being
challenged enough and creating enough. I want a job where there is more at the
end of the day than there was at the beginning
points you should have touched
Teaching -> G Gnome rap Working at Verengo / Corporate
environment
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