Fishing

Many engineers think that they got rejected due to the interviewer being bad or "out to get them". While low-quality interviewers do exist (and there are a lot of them), it is often the engineer's fault by being a weak candidate. This lesson teaches you:

• Why there is often a discrepancy between what engineers believe is the cause of their data structures and algorithms interview rejection and what reality actually is
• What fishing is and how it forces interviewers into a very awkward situation that makes them seem icy to the candidate
• How to not do fishing during an interview so you can have a real chance of passing (and make the interviewer more likely to help you)
• Why asking the interviewer for a raw hint is a recipe for failure