Re:When hiring senior engineers, you’re not buying, you’re s...
by kronin on Sunday January 20, 2019 @09:24PM
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Interesting examples.
I have interviewed candidates who:
* Have impressive products that they "designed and implemented.
* Co-authored a book.
* Founded and ran a {programming-language} user group.
In all 3 cases, the candidates came across very well when talking at the surface level. Digging deeper, they (in the first example) overqualified their contribution, and none of the 3 could write the simplest of code.
I have interviewed candidates who: * Have impressive products that they "designed and implemented. * Co-authored a book. * Founded and ran a {programming-language} user group.
In all 3 cases, the candidates came across very well when talking at the surface level. Digging deeper, they (in the first example) overqualified their contribution, and none of the 3 could write the simplest of code.
There is a reason why coding tests exist.