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Re:I've been a software engineer for 10 years and I can't do... by pklausler on Monday March 06, 2017 @01:40PM (#13804947)
"no correlation"? Nonsense. If you can't program a computer, I'll find that out. And if you can't program a computer, you wouldn't be able to do the job.

The point of my coding interview isn't to give a positive result if the candidate can program a computer. It's a test that's looking for non-programmers.

There might be "false positives", but if I avoid well-known memorizable questions, there won't be "false negatives".

Re:I've been a software engineer for 10 years and I can't do... by cema on Monday March 06, 2017 @03:05PM (#13805612)
There will be false negatives too, but most likely not related to the skills but something else, like mental health or work ethic.