I have a simulation coding test for a startup interview. Do employers still expect us to remember how to code fully?
So I have a modeling&simulation engineering interview where I need to do a coding test in python (numpy, pandas, matplotlib, scipy, etc.) I am pretty nervous because I am a bioengineer so I didn't learn a lot of this in school, just did it on the side for my own projects, but with all of the AI tools now, I haven't written much code in months. The coding will be a team project with two of their engineers and we work through it together. Should I expect to fail because I don't remember every library and algorithm?
This is a second round interview for a generalist engineering firm and my 3D modeling work is strong, but I wasn't expecting this advanced work, likely Monte Carlo, euler step, odeint...learning them now with 3 days to practice. Also, please don't come at me too hard for interviewing and not knowing this stuff, the job posting is super vague to keep their work more secretive.