Harder programming questions do a worse job of predicting outcomes

Re:Harder programming questions do a worse job of predicting... by lovecg on Monday February 18, 2019 @04:39PM (#19194709)

Go start a company. Hire people without doing any sort of coding interviews. Report back in a year.

The reality is that these are extremely desirable positions with a staggering number of applicants who _do not know how to code_. Not as in “I can’t solve a dynamic programming problem without studying up on it”, but as in literally don’t know what a for loop is.

The process is far from perfect and the frustration is understandable, but it works well enough as a filter from these companies’ point of view.

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Re:Harder programming questions do a worse job of predicting... by castlecrasher2 on Monday February 18, 2019 @06:04PM (#19195288)

I imagine technical screening is necessary, but in-person coding assessments are nonsensical. It's not like programming is a spectator sport, so why are we tested on it live? I suppose the process is self-selecting, because I personally have given up responding to SV recruiters or interviewing with those companies.

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