Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software skills: study

Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by thecrumb on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @05:31PM (#23852187)

This. Last interview I bombed because no one would ever remember what they were asking for in the interview test. I said I'd just google it and then dropped "Never memorize something that you can look up." ― Albert Einstein

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Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by frizkie on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @06:46PM (#23853286)

I like this quote, but I think the point comes across better if you rephrase it:

> Never _intentionally_ memorize something that you can look up.

I guess you can't quote Einstein, then.

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Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by sitkack on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @10:52PM (#23855221)

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=einstein+memorization+quote&ia=web

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Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by Cthulhu_ on Thursday July 16, 2020 @05:30AM (#23857252)

Yup, the tasks that you repeat often enough will get stuck in memory.

In theory anyway, I always have to look up how to remove a remote git branch or how to do the euro sign on a Mac.

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