Embrassing screen sharing interview : SharePoint

First time in 10 years I am attending new format of interview. Sharing your computer screen and writing code as per interviewer request.

For me to be frank, interviewer was really a good guy, Nicely spoken most understanding. But I am very nervous about exams right from childhood :)

This interview format is too much for me :) My interviewer was asked me to do very simple stuff write a c# code using SharePoint object model to set values in Choice field. Damn, I know the 5 lines of code. I don't know what happened at that time by I am totally blank :( It was so embarrassing for me and I cannot deliver what he asked. I don't know how to prove I am so much better than this. :(

This blog, I am writing after 1 hr of the interview. The code blow is the what is expected. Hope the code will compile I guess.

//get choice field instance

SPFieldChoice LeaveReason = (SPFieldChoice)myList.Fields["Reason"];

//set field format type

LeaveReason.EditFormat = SPChoiceFormatType.Dropdown;

//set the choice strings

LeaveReason.Choices.Add("Sick");
LeaveReason.Choices.Add("Long Service");
LeaveReason.Choices.Add("Casual");

//update the field

LeaveReason.Update();


//update list

myList.Update();

 

I am still cannot understand why I am this bad in interviews.