Re:Ask HN: How to not fail on coding interview questions?
by inimino on Sunday June 17, 2018 @10:15PM
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> The big scam is "We hire the best and the brightest".
And adding noise to the hiring process increases the effect of "we are the best".
If you flipped a coin, it would be more honest and less expensive than putting people through a "difficult" whiteboard test. But you wouldn't get the "we only hire geniuses" effect.
As these "difficult" tests are usually based on a corner of the CS field that the interviewer enjoys, it is essentially random, while appearing to be totally meritocratic.
You end up with a process that filters out 90% of qualified candidates, but nobody that was hired by that process wants to change it.
And adding noise to the hiring process increases the effect of "we are the best".
If you flipped a coin, it would be more honest and less expensive than putting people through a "difficult" whiteboard test. But you wouldn't get the "we only hire geniuses" effect.
As these "difficult" tests are usually based on a corner of the CS field that the interviewer enjoys, it is essentially random, while appearing to be totally meritocratic.
You end up with a process that filters out 90% of qualified candidates, but nobody that was hired by that process wants to change it.