Re:Hiring without whiteboards
by wilkystyle on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @03:56PM
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This, to me, is the most important point. We make such a big deal about making sure our tests actually test the thing we care about; why aren't we doing the same thing with our interviewing processes?
How many times, for your job, have you had to code up a solution to a problem, even a trivial one:
1. Just given to you 5 seconds ago
2. With no access to documentation (paper, textbooks, offline or online resources)
3. With no access to mentors or colleagues
4. With an editor crippled as you described
5. Have to get it right within minutes?
6. And then have to defend your code against someone who's had plenty of time to think about the problem.
I can tell you, throughout my programming career, the answer is "never".