Re:In Defence of the Technical Interview
by wvenable on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @11:05AM
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If you can't explain yourself then I don't want to hire you. Developers are not sitting in a dark corner not interacting with anyone; they are working with the team, they are gathering requirements from end users, etc.
If you can pass a coding test but you can't express yourself in a way that anyone can understand, then that's a no-hire. If that's a cultural bias, so be it. I don't see how it can be any other way.
Now it's been my personal experience that culture doesn't matter too much. For more than half the team, English is a second language. HR will reject candidates for language reasons even before I get to them.
If you can pass a coding test but you can't express yourself in a way that anyone can understand, then that's a no-hire. If that's a cultural bias, so be it. I don't see how it can be any other way.
Now it's been my personal experience that culture doesn't matter too much. For more than half the team, English is a second language. HR will reject candidates for language reasons even before I get to them.