I have an interview with one of the big 4 in 2 weeks.

The post is for a java dev, they contacted me even though I'm a PHP dev.

I know the interview questions will be in java... What do I do??? :-(

I worked with java for the last time 2 years ago...

Personally i wouldn't put myself through it, you won't have time to cram to any significant and convincing level. But it might be useful for the interview experience.😬

@helloworld I know right, but I'll still go for it. It might work who knows ;-)

I mean, they know I'm a php dev. That where I find it weird.

@pcarrara yeah, I'll do that. Good luck to me

@thedev yes, if they know you are php dev, then they must have their reasons... on that note... go for it... and good luck!

@helloworld thanks dude.

Postpone it? I have read about a guy who postponed his interview (with one of the four) about a half year because he wanted to prepare.

That's surprising. Every technical interview I've done / heard of has been language agnostic. I guess I'm still in the realm of internships though :)

If they have read any reasonable resume they know you are primary php.

Most interview questions is probably not about how good you are at a single language but on problem solving.

When we hire we dont care if the applicant uses c# or lisp as long as their rationality and explanation of the solution is correct

Learning a new language is easy, learning to solve problems is hard.

We rather hire problem solvers than language teachers ;)

@Voxera I hope you work at that 4th lol

It's just going to be weird to explain to them that I didn't use ArrayList because php doesn't have it.

I'll brush up my Java and get ready for problem solving.

It'll be fun.

@taylan really? Did he get the job?

@thedev Tell us how it goes!

@Lel00 I will.

Subscribed, let us know!

@edisonn I'll definitely contact you. But I need to finish to brush up on data structures and algo. I'll contact you in few days more than a week. Thanks a lot for the help, that is one of the main reason I love our community.

Best of luck to you man, hope you get it!! Subscribed.

Good luck !!

@edisonn your advice is very educative. Thanks for sharing it with us

@edisonn your advice is very educative. Thanks for sharing it with us

Start using java again. Refresh yourself

Do you want to borrow my brain? ;) good luck by the way. Anything is possible if you truly dedicate yourself 100%. You be surprised how much you can do. Java is used for everything, so what in particular is the job for? Websites?, android apps?, desktop apps?

They didn't think I was worthy 😥😥

Lool. 😀😀😀

Didn't work out but I don't really care.

The interview was the most interesting interview I have done. Did all the 4 interviews.

You guys were right the mindset, computer science knowledge and algorithms you know, matter more than the language.

@edisonn I couldn't do the preparation interview lack of time because of my current job, my freelancing and a break up (means my bank account is safe today 😁😁).

@JavaRules back end, big data and a little of iot.