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Re:Are code challenges a good predictor for hiring developers? by appleskin on Sunday November 15, 2015 @01:03PM (#10570378)
I am not in a hiring position but Mr. Peter Norvig says that being good at programming competitions correlates negatively with being good on the job at Google.

http://www.catonmat.net/blog/programming-competitions-work-p...

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Re:Are code challenges a good predictor for hiring developers? by jaruche on Sunday November 15, 2015 @03:44PM (#10571098)
Very interesting! And also a great talk. But I understood from it is that once you pass the Google hiring bar only then this inverse correlation happens.

What about to evaluate some candidate from the street?

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