Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

In what way do you think it would've made a difference? Asking as someone who's applied to Block/Square/Cash App in the past.



The difference is small, but mostly as probing questions to interviewers. I take the mind the more you can speak the language the more comfortable people become with you.

Here's something small but I was doing a SQL interview one involved a a card_tx table with the amounts stored in integers values in cents. I immediately noticed this and chatted with the interviewer about this. My assumptions were wrong, and the floating point arithmetic was a simpler reason than what I was thinking.

Anyway you can display you have thought about relevant business problems to where you are interview engineers tend to have a strong reflex to engage the person more.


Appreciate your reply!


You're welcome, next time I'll try not to have a stroke at the end of my comment. hah. For some reason I can't edit it. shrug




Consider applying for YC's Fall 2025 batch! Applications are open till Aug 4

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: