Gun to the head = the pressure of an interview?
Re:Hire people who aren’t proven
by mixmastamyk on Thursday September 27, 2018 @11:53AM
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Yes, one maybe two pass/fail questions at random, $200k in a suitcase, clock ticking, pride/family/livelihood on the line, (unintentionally) smug host watching your every move. Any problem is trivial easy once you've solved it ten times.
The otherwise ridiculous film Swordfish has a similar scene with higher stakes.
Pertinent to the article, most of those folks are unhireable today because they can't code with a gun to their head (ala swordfish).