People always say not to burn out, but also say recruiting is insanely competitive.
Where’s the line between being prepared and just spinning your wheels?
Feels like advice is always contradictory.
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I don't think you should worry about burnout. I think it's more don't have your tech prep >>> your networking to the point that you'll be prepped but it'll be useless since you're not getting interviews.
Prepare as much as you can and find what is right for you. Some people will need 2 weeks, some will need 2 months. It doesn't mean one method is more optimal than the other, people are different.
What matters is that YOU feel prepared and able to confidently answer any question you may be asked. It's completely fine if it takes you several months to learn everything and to fully prepare, because once you're in that room facing the interviewer, he will be your only judge, and he will not care how much you have trained for this, he will only judge the quality of your answers.
Thank you this is helpful. Time to grind : D
Lowkey the reason people get tripped up by interview wording is because we don’t actually get the concepts, we just memorized definitions from a guide.
Interviewers aren’t trying to trick you. They’re just seeing if you can think on your feet. If you can only explain something one way, you probably don’t fully understand it yet.
I realized flashcards weren’t doing anything for me. What actually helped was building things out so I could see why the numbers move the way they do. I’m still a freshman, but I started using this prep tool called Cook’d that forces you to actually build the schedules instead of just reading about them.
Once you’ve physically done it a few times in a sim, the wording doesn’t matter anymore, you just know the mechanics.
Thank you for sharing - is the tool free btw? would you recommend over WSO?
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