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Re:The Programming Interview from Hell by Apocryphon on Monday February 20, 2017 @10:05AM (#13687831)
If he gave reasonable answers when pressed, despite being initially resistant, it sounds like the interview didn't give any insight into whether he was a good employee or not.
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Re:The Programming Interview from Hell by mankyd on Monday February 20, 2017 @10:27AM (#13688031)
It certainly did! I just didn't understand at the time not to hire employees who simply say "I'd Google it" over and over :D.
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Re:The Programming Interview from Hell by phyushin on Monday February 20, 2017 @12:36PM (#13689148)
How about stack overflow?
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Re:The Programming Interview from Hell by Apocryphon on Monday February 20, 2017 @01:02PM (#13689393)
Ah, so was the candidate poor because they had a bad attitude and refused to try to solve the problem at first, or was it because their technical skills were lacking?
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Re:The Programming Interview from Hell by mankyd on Monday February 20, 2017 @02:01PM (#13689915)
More the former. Technically they seemed quite proficient, but they proved difficult to work with and didn't end up gelling with the team very well.
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