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Re:The two questions I ask every interviewer by alistairSH on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @12:21PM (#15602775)
WTF? Maybe I didn't communicate it well, but the whole point is the discussion, not the answer...

More important than any psuedo-code is how well they communicate what they are thinking

It's not a test of technical skills. And you'd be amazed at the number of resumes that signal somebody can have a quality discussion about technical problems, but the candidate can't communicate for shit.

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Re:The two questions I ask every interviewer by kafkaesq on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @02:19PM (#15604003)
But the candidate can't communicate for shit.

You know, it just might be... the interviewer who's not so hot at communicating.

Or is "communicating" okay enough, but following a template that's broken to begin with - and pretty much designed to make candidates feel alienated - or at best, highly unenthused at the prospect of playing along with.

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