im so upset. just did an online coding assessment and i needed a min of 350 points to "pass" to be considered for this mentorship program, and i only got 300, but coulda easily got 350+ if i was allowed to search basic syntax ughhh
like i did the first problem in c++ and it went fine and the second problem wasn't hard in terms of logic but i did it in python and could not for the life of me remember how to get the length of a string. I was doing the c++ syntax with stringName.length and shit but in python it's len(stringName)..... like... I SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO SEARCH THAT UP!!! im so freakin defeated.... i really wanted this mentorship so damn bad.... this coulda been huge for me (mentorship with Google SE!!!) but opening any other tabs counts as "cheating". like... looking up basic syntax isn't cheating. it's a normal part of everyday coding.
besides, companies should really be focusing on problem solving and logic since AI can do basic coding now. memorizing the perfect syntax for every language is not important compared to understanding data structures & algorithms.
lokey what if i sent an email an begged....
also i know other applicants probably cheated on their phones or a second device. like. i always feel like i rob myself by not "cheating" (tho looking up syntax is hardly cheating. be so fr)