Lesson learned: Always prepare and calculate how much time I have

 Dec. 13, 2020

Introduction

It is my short research topic I like to work on. Always work on preparation and do not skip the preparation. 

My mistake

I did not prepare for code screen at all. I do not know how many questions will be asked and what is my strategy. How much time should I spend on each algorithm. 

I am so busy with so many things, but it is still not difficult for me to figure out things quickly. I need to pay attention to the detail. 

One online code screen

I finally got online screen from Microsoft Vancouver, but I did make terrible mistake. I took a nap around 8:00 PM, and then started to work on for 75 minutes around 9:00 PM. I made a mistake to think about that there is only one algorithm in code screen, and then I spent 50 minutes on the first algorithm. Finally I learned that there are two more algorithms to work on. 

I just could not believe that I made this kind of technical mistakes.