Re:Data Structure and Algorithms Interview Questions for Pro...
by denormalfloat on Thursday November 15, 2018 @01:41AM
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> but my point is that it filters out great engineers who worked and delivered solid products because the interviewers are just not interested in details of past work experience
Again, yes. It is hard to fire a bad candidate in case the interview was misleading. Companies would prefer false negatives over false positives. What you see in interviews is a product of laws about hiring and firing.
Re:Data Structure and Algorithms Interview Questions for Pro...
by wolfgke on Thursday November 15, 2018 @07:31AM
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> Companies would prefer false negatives over false positives.
If this is the case (i.e. companies can afford this behavior), all the claims about skill shortage are a lie and should be called out.
Then it's a test, not an interview. I don't think interviews were ever supposed to be perfectly objective. If the interview is only based on CS textbook questions, they might as well replace the interviewer with an online test, which by the way increasingly happens for screening, but my point is that it filters out great engineers who worked and delivered solid products because the interviewers are just not interested in details of past work experience