Should I email my interviewer after the interview?

k12479

Streaky_Bacon said:

k12479 said:

Streaky_Bacon said:

We don't know what the question was, but the fact that it was a software problem, means that there is a good chance that it does not fall under the above category of question (i.e. one that revolves around knowledge that the candidate should know). It is equally as likely to be a question that falls under the "problem solving" category of question, and also "problem solving that might require research even from a competent practitioner".

An issue here is that it's a blog post the OP has found. So all it demonstrates, in terms of knowledge or problem solving, is the most basic ability to use google, something that should be a given for any vaguely professional and certainly any IT job. If it's actually important to the company then they can easily use google too. So you are back to looking like trying to draw attention to yourself, under the pretence of providing (low-value) information.

It doesn't necessarily demonstrate that, depending upon the question.

Software developers do not necessarily "know" the answer to specific problem. What they are good at is understanding a problem and knowing how to go about searching for information, and how to use that to solve the problem. Part of that will very often involve internet research.

A bad software developer will be given a problem and try to solve it again from first principles. A good software developer will try to leverage existing knowledge to provide the solution. These days that knowledge is often on the internet. The key is knowing how to find it, and knowing how to use it.

Even with simple coding problems, some developers will spend a day trying to figure it out. A good developer will often go straight to the internet to see if somebody else has already coded a solution to the same problem.

Does the OP demonstrate any special ability to locate very relevant information and utilise it to solve a given problem?
Or did they just use an obvious keyword search to locate a somewhat relevant blog post and then forward that?
Depends upon the question, which we don't know.

None of that is specific to software, it's true for most numerate, technical and scientific fields.

Finding information that is in the public domain, whether on the first page of google, the 18th or from searching within a forum, does not strike me as an impressive display of skill other than perhaps for entry-level or lower skilled roles, neither of which I believe applies to the OP.

Marvel1

If i didn't get the job, I wouldn't bother.

Thrugelmir

Same question was probably asked of every interviewee. Somebody with the knowledge to answer there and then had a greater chance of moving themselves into the frame for the role.