Re:People suck at technical interviews (2014)
by odonnellryan on Monday June 13, 2016 @07:03PM
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> The project is simple. In 10 mins I can easily review the project. Are there tests? Is it well-composed? Does it run? Really doesnt take long for a simple project. Since every candidate gets the same project it is pretty easy to determine a good solution from a bad one.
Mostly, you're determining who had more time to spend on the project.
> You actually know quite a bit about them after a phone screen plus this project. If they cant come up with a decent solution to a small and simple project then they are not advanced in the process.
You're adding another thing to rule candidates out but not in. The problem with exclusion is it becomes more and more likely to rule out good candidates.
The project is simple. In 10 mins I can easily review the project. Are there tests? Is it well-composed? Does it run? Really doesnt take long for a simple project. Since every candidate gets the same project it is pretty easy to determine a good solution from a bad one.
> You don't know anything about them by reading this project.
You actually know quite a bit about them after a phone screen plus this project. If they cant come up with a decent solution to a small and simple project then they are not advanced in the process.