Follow-up to “The dystopian world of software engineering interviews”

Re:Follow-up to “The dystopian world of software engineering... by inertiatic on Sunday February 23, 2020 @04:14AM (#22395906)

This would be my way of interviewing, at least for anyone who's not a junior.

What troubles me is that people will say this allows all your biases to run wild, but my feeling most of the time is that these biases will find a way to express themselves unless you remove humans from the hiring process entirely.

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Re:Follow-up to “The dystopian world of software engineering... by SomewhatLikely on Sunday February 23, 2020 @05:45AM (#22396206)

Especially when the company says they aren't necessarily looking for the most bit perfect compilable code or even that you output the optimal algo on first try. Rather they want to see how you think through problems. Well now you're back at a subjective assessment again which inherently can have hidden biases.

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Re:Follow-up to “The dystopian world of software engineering... by omar_a1 on Sunday February 23, 2020 @05:58AM (#22396250)

After failing several of these "let's see how you think" technical interviews, I've come to the conclusion that the way I think is deeply and fundamentally flawed.

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