Re:The college debt crisis is worse than it seems
by lettergram on Monday May 23, 2016 @05:03PM
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(1) Even if they passed two coding style questions doesn't mean they can code.
(2) Even if they can't pass those questions doesn't mean they can't code.
45 minutes with someone gives you an idea of what they can do, a decent sample. However, graduation from a university signals that they have been sampled repeatedly for years. They can clearly learn, and should (assuming the system is semi-efficiant) and can do what the university accredited them for.
Even if they screw up that one interview, it means little by itself (baring massive failures during the interview).
(2) Even if they can't pass those questions doesn't mean they can't code.
45 minutes with someone gives you an idea of what they can do, a decent sample. However, graduation from a university signals that they have been sampled repeatedly for years. They can clearly learn, and should (assuming the system is semi-efficiant) and can do what the university accredited them for.
Even if they screw up that one interview, it means little by itself (baring massive failures during the interview).