Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s...
by perl4ever on Thursday July 16, 2020 @01:32AM
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I like take home tests. Unfortunately, the one time I applied to a place that gave them, and apparently aced it, they wanted to validate it in the interview, by having me program in an environment and language I'd never used before. I get that everybody cheats at everything, but since some employers (all the ones that have ever hired me) hire without any coding demonstration, why can't you just take the risk and trust that a regular interview is enough?
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Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s...
by bregma on Thursday July 16, 2020 @07:35AM
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No company should trust their employees. The risk of a type II error is too great. To certain kinds of people a type II error is the worst kind of error you can make.
Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s...
by bananaface on Thursday July 16, 2020 @06:44AM
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I mean, every other company having a giant hole in hiring policy is not a good reason for them to have it. But them not letting you use tech you're comfortable with is a stupid way to verify.