Interviews Glossary

Browse 10 interviews terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

10 Interviews Terms

Brain Teaser
A puzzle-style question or problem used to test reasoning, sometimes seriously and sometimes mockingly. In tech slang, brain teaser often carries baggage from...
Code Interview
An interview focused on coding ability, problem solving, debugging, or code discussion. In tech culture code interviews are widely used and equally widely...
Coding Interview
An interview that assesses coding skill through live exercises, take-home tasks, debugging, or code discussion. In developer culture coding interviews are both...
Dynamic Programming
An algorithm design technique that solves complex problems by breaking them into overlapping subproblems, solving each subproblem once, and storing the results...
Homework
Work assigned outside live interview time, often as a take-home coding task, design exercise, or written prompt in a hiring process. In tech culture the term...
Interview Cake Walk
A surprisingly easy interview process or coding round relative to the candidate's expectations.
Phone Screen
An early-stage interview, traditionally by phone and now often by video, used to assess basic fit, communication, and sometimes technical baseline before more...
Tech Interview
An interview process or round designed to evaluate technical ability, reasoning, design judgment, or engineering experience. In tech culture, the phrase often...
Tech Interview Gauntlet
A long or exhausting hiring process with many rounds, formats, and evaluators that candidates must survive.
Typing Test
A dismissive label for a task, interview, or workflow that seems to reward speed of output more than depth of thought. In engineering slang, calling something...

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