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Re:Hiring Is Broken – My interview experience in the tech in... by beambot on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @11:47AM (#11581479)
Indeed. You would think that someone who is smart, capable, and clearly determined early on (as in pre-Google interview) that many potential employers would ask algorithm questions.... Would, you know, study up on some algorithms?

It probably isn't the "right" way for programming interviews, but once you identify the rules of the game, it behooves you to play the game accordingly, no?

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Re:Hiring Is Broken – My interview experience in the tech in... by ionforce on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @01:02PM (#11582259)
Maybe some people are too proud to play the game.

Fundamentally, I agree that it is silly to ask questions that don't have a high degree of relevance to the job in question. But I am conflicted.

Why haven't we (as an industry) done better with this? Clearly there must be a reason or friction in asking relevant questions in lieu of the current batch of algorithmic type interviews. What is that reason?

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Re:Hiring Is Broken – My interview experience in the tech in... by tehwebguy on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @12:24PM (#11581858)
Author sees the game and decides it is rigged, there is more than a paragraph on this.
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