A new obstacle to landing a job after college: getting approved by AI

Re:A new obstacle to landing a job after college: getting ap... by perl4ever on Saturday January 18, 2020 @06:40PM (#22088201)

It's an example of conventional attributes which didn't exist then because the whole field was unformed. It seems like that would inhibit specialized aptitude tests - if you're hiring math or whatever majors back then (not that it doesn't happen today) you can't ask them about linked lists or sorting algorithms.

Not to mention, a vast number of people who could be good programmers wouldn't have had access to a computer before a first programming job, even if they had a college degree. Today it's much safer to assume that if someone is any good, they will have been exposed.

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Re:A new obstacle to landing a job after college: getting ap... by thaumasiotes on Saturday January 18, 2020 @06:43PM (#22088214)

But nobody's talking about interviews that ask for conventionalized CS material. The point is that the interview questions are more difficult. They aren't especially more computer-focused.

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Re:A new obstacle to landing a job after college: getting ap... by perl4ever on Saturday January 18, 2020 @07:09PM (#22088366)

I wasn't asked more difficult questions in 2007, when I got my first programming job. Several years on, we had some discussions about what kind of questions to ask candidates. One place I applied to more recently had a flowchart reading test that must have been from the punched card era.

So I don't concede the point, anyway.

But, the examples above definitely do compare more and less computer focused things.

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