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minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·26 days agoMy boss once asked me whether their entrance test was too hard after several candidates sent him something that wouldn’t even run.
minus-squaremosiacmango@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·26 days agoShould working code even be part of an interview? Seems like a situation rife with abuse. Need free contractors? Just put your code issues up as a 4hr take home interview test.
minus-squareKaryoplasma@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·26 days agoPseudocode/general thought process walkthrough should be the only thing imo. Oh no, the interviewee forgot a semicolon, so he is trash at coding and is a no-fit is complete bullshit.
My boss once asked me whether their entrance test was too hard after several candidates sent him something that wouldn’t even run.
That’s an instant ego boost
Should working code even be part of an interview? Seems like a situation rife with abuse.
Need free contractors? Just put your code issues up as a 4hr take home interview test.
Pseudocode/general thought process walkthrough should be the only thing imo. Oh no, the interviewee forgot a semicolon, so he is trash at coding and is a no-fit is complete bullshit.