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Re:Ask HN: Finding tech talent is getting harder. It's not a... by 01100011 on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @12:07PM (#19264723)
I think he's saying that normally a person isn't coding while someone is watching you. I have no problem implementing a data structure on my own but if you ask me to do it in 15 minutes while you're watching every typo I'll probably freeze up.
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Re:Ask HN: Finding tech talent is getting harder. It's not a... by itronitron on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @02:37PM (#19266244)
Has anyone ever flipped the script in an interview, asking the interviewer if they can watch them write code at their workstation for an hour so they can get a sense of what it is like to work at the company?
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