Same here, and have worked on some extremely high-profile, complex things. Never _ever_ have I been as stressed as when asked to perform interview whiteboard questions. It simply doesn't compare.
Re:How to Interview Engineers
by FilterSweep on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @10:09AM
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Sometimes, you just have to appreciate the Torvalds-level of arrogance expressed in some of replies on HN.
You're reading too much into it. That wasn't Torvaldsian at all, by my reading.
The most stressful professional situations I've ever have been in have been maybe a 4 out of 10 stress-wise, whereas interviews range from 7 to 9 out of 10.
Agree mostly -- just that I guess I've fallen into more abusive environments than I should have allowed myself to over the years, where the stress levels have hit will into the 7-10 range.
But in healthy environments -- even when I really did screw something up (sometimes quite significantly) -- it's never above the 4-5 range.
Interviews aren't ordinary job situations: they are contrived situations where people are making life-changing decisions based on a very short interaction.
And pretending that they can read the tea leaves, and make that kind of assessment as to "whether this guy can handle a medium amount of pressure", to boot.
Interviews aren't ordinary job situations: they are contrived situations where people are making life-changing decisions based on a very short interaction.