You don't have to be technically apt to be able to achieve business needs or requirements. Often in interviews people try to test your coding knowledge to the point of knowing the perfect syntax. What would happen if you actually made coding mistakes when coding on a machine, you would actually see some interpreter or compiler warnings or errors. Now can't you fix this code now. Do interviewers question this? Actually Google is just a click away to precisely help to fix issues if in case we did not understand how to fix it. Are interviewers thinking that you are a compiler or an interpreter 😀 . A knowledgeable coder is one who can pick the best method or approach for a problem rather than one who knows everything like a poem and is not good in knowing the best solution. I often find that interviewers are trying to find the later ones for their teams. Did you just read poem, yes that's correct. I was one of the worst in memorizing poems in my class and that's why I moved to Science. I always think Science is learning based on understanding. So should the other IT people be too, if not I am afraid of its future. I am ready to take a bet on it. Having almost learnt so many programming languages I have to admit that most was possible because the boss gave me an opportunity to do it rather than question me before giving it. Yes I had some very good considerate bosses in my career. In turn I did what was expected and won accolades too like the best performer award in the government project. I always never want to work for anyone who can't praise your success or even understand it and so should anyone. Eventually people will judge you based on rumors and it has never worked in your favor.
