Re:I got asked LeetCode questions for a dev-ops systems engi...
by rightbyte on Friday June 14, 2019 @02:06PM
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An analogy that every male acctually can relate to is peeing under pressure from the que behind you.
Re:I got asked LeetCode questions for a dev-ops systems engi...
by IshKebab on Friday June 14, 2019 @05:08PM
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By the same logic you might say that we shouldn't interview at all because it selects for people that are good at being interviewed. Obviously this is true but I think it would be pretty crazy to not interview people.
Frankly I think most people suck at being interviewed initially, but you can definitely improve with practice. The same as public speaking and interviewing candidates.
Re:I got asked LeetCode questions for a dev-ops systems engi...
by perl4ever on Friday June 14, 2019 @11:03PM
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Some people are even good on a take-home test, good at chatting in an interview, good at coding at their desk, but completely unable to code in an interview. And you can fail an interview at some places if you are one of them.
Similar to how not everyone is able to perform well while having sex-on-demand in front of a camera -- these same people are more than likely able to have sex when not under pressure and observation, and probably are quite adequate while doing it.
My personal experience in software development spans decades, I'm quite competent and I have definitely "choked" at the whiteboard, just like you're describing -- for the same reasons I don't do well speaking in public, I'm not comfortable doing it, and I'm just not cut-out for it... I don't think it's a good measure of actual problem solving and/or software development competency.