Answering Difficult Technicals, That you already got in past interviews
If I get a difficult technical question, and I was already given it in a past interview (so I already know the answer), I have 2 options
1: Nail it, and say nothing of the fact that I gained the knowledge from a past interview 2: Say "To be honest, I already know the answer to your question because I got it in a past interview"
If the past interview I got it in was with the same bank (for example, during the second interview of a superday I get the same technical that I got during the first interview of the superday) obviously option 2 is the way to go.
What if I'm getting the same difficult technical with an entirely different bank? Is the honesty route (option 2) going to help me build rapport, or make them think I'm an idiot?
All input is apprecited
Be honest, I've had that happen before and the interviewer was impressed by my honesty, especially since I answered his replacement question.
Dude, are you freaking serious? I swear there is something wrong with kids these days. Answer the question as best as you can and move on. If your objective is to get a summer internship or a full-time job, and you are interviewing, there is no scenario in which saying you know the answer to a technical question because you "got it before" makes you look good / differentiates yourself. It just comes off as WEIRD and makes the interviewer feel awkward.
Your only goals in an interview should be to 1) Be socially competent and personable ; 2) Be technically strong
You don't have to disclose to every interviewer that you know how to do a DCF because bank X, Y, and Z asked you the same question.
COMMON SENSE dude, use it.
It would seem odd if the interviewer asked you a complex brainteaser and you answered instantly without explanation. but a technical should have 1 answer/process, right? so if you know the answer, say the answer
One time, an interviewer asked me to tell him a bit about myself. To that, I replied "I've gotten this question before, it wouldn't be fair to other candidates if I answered it again." He looked dumbfounded(likely in awe), but to my surprise I didn't called back for a second round. People these days..
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