Software Engineering Internship Amazon Interview Experience

Re:Software Engineering Internship Amazon Interview Experience by davidgay on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @11:14PM (#13077122)

Isn't a normal class room in which you take tests while required to be silent and with an instructor/TA/proctor keeping en eye on you very much akin to spying on people? (using people rather than tech, but why is that distinction important?)

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Re:Software Engineering Internship Amazon Interview Experience by cs2818 on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @11:56PM (#13077284)

I'd be more concerned about the the level of access the monitoring software has to my computer and any services with vulnerabilities it might leave behind.

I think I'd only consider doing this if I used a computer I could wipe completely before and after. Even then the amount of distrust is off-putting.

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Re:Software Engineering Internship Amazon Interview Experience by dalore on Thursday December 01, 2016 @04:07AM (#13078174)

There is an idea! Have them mail out laptops to do the tests on and you mail them back in.

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Re:Software Engineering Internship Amazon Interview Experience by vkjv on Thursday December 01, 2016 @08:11AM (#13079098)

Strangely I really like this. It starts the relationship off with trust instead.

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Re:Software Engineering Internship Amazon Interview Experience by bmj on Thursday December 08, 2016 @11:10AM (#13131239)

Not necessarily, because that classroom proctor is not asking to install spyware on my personal laptop.

I can understand why ProctorU does what it does, but that process puts a significant burden on the test taker, one which is entirely different than taking a proctored exam in a classroom.

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