People suck at technical interviews (2014)

Re:People suck at technical interviews (2014) by taneq on Friday June 10, 2016 @08:45AM (#11875946)

I think the laundry list interview happens most when you're hiring to replace someone. My last job is having that issue, we were an R&D team so we learned on the job. They're having an impossible time replacing any of us because to combine that specific skill set you basically have to have been on that team (or its twin) for a couple of years.

What they should be looking for is just someone with good basic skills who learns fast. Of course, they won't do that.

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Re:People suck at technical interviews (2014) by MrLeftHand on Friday June 10, 2016 @09:09AM (#11876077)

100% agreed.

Most of the time the hiring is about replacement, or expansion. And in expansion I mean "the current team is not enough to handle all the cr*p so we have to bring in people, preferably with the same skill set as the others, so we don't have to bother with getting them up to speed" not the "we need more people because we just started something new and we need fresh blood in the system".

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