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Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by StavrosK on Thursday July 16, 2020 @07:28AM (#23857841)
And what is asking you to reinvent on the spot an algorithm that took scientists years to come up with?
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Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by bananaface on Thursday July 16, 2020 @07:41AM (#23857943)
Very stupid, and shows the interviewers don't understand the point of the process either.

I don't like the structure, I think it's very flawed, but asking you to do something you do regularly defeats the purpose.

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