> It takes a certain level of life-confidence to just go to an interview with what you know and take the rest head-on.
Apparently, I have that kind of confidence. In my experience, confidence is good for winging the personal questions and talking about my past projects, but at the end of the day technical interviews come down to being able to solve problems you'd never (or rarely) see on the job. If you walk in unprepared, you will fail. I usually fail the first 5-10 in my job search before I get a yes. Walking in unprepared is ridiculously suboptimal.
Just to clarify, I don't mean just the google style interviews where they ask you graduate level DS and algo questions. Thankfully, a lot of smaller companies are transitioning to asking questions about the tools, languages and techniques specific to the field. But, that still requires weeks of study because the level of detail most interviewers go into far exceeds what you see working on CRUD apps. Not to mention the difficulty of memorizing every CSS3 property available.
Apparently, I have that kind of confidence. In my experience, confidence is good for winging the personal questions and talking about my past projects, but at the end of the day technical interviews come down to being able to solve problems you'd never (or rarely) see on the job. If you walk in unprepared, you will fail. I usually fail the first 5-10 in my job search before I get a yes. Walking in unprepared is ridiculously suboptimal.
Just to clarify, I don't mean just the google style interviews where they ask you graduate level DS and algo questions. Thankfully, a lot of smaller companies are transitioning to asking questions about the tools, languages and techniques specific to the field. But, that still requires weeks of study because the level of detail most interviewers go into far exceeds what you see working on CRUD apps. Not to mention the difficulty of memorizing every CSS3 property available.