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Re:The technical interview is an ego trip by WrtCdEvrydy on Friday September 11, 2020 @05:16PM (#24447399)
Of course it is, it's a way to gauge whether "someone is dedicated to the job by cramming the algorithms section they haven't touched in years"

I've done dozens of interviews and after all of it, I realized there are only four qualities we quantify as useful: caring, ability to listen, ability to learn.

Re:The technical interview is an ego trip by daggerdrone on Friday September 11, 2020 @05:19PM (#24447419)
Fourth quality: ability to count
Re:The technical interview is an ego trip by asddubs on Saturday September 12, 2020 @04:00AM (#24450763)
there are four kinds of people: people who can count, people who can't, and pedants
Re:The technical interview is an ego trip by kowsheek on Friday September 11, 2020 @05:24PM (#24447475)
I think "caring" is probably the only one that separates the best from the rest. Reminds me of this: https://youtu.be/7EmboKQH8lM?t=2165

If we care as a developer, we write better code, learn things and listen to our team, customers.

Re:The technical interview is an ego trip by jaxx75 on Friday September 11, 2020 @05:22PM (#24447450)
Also the ability to identify off-by-one errors
Re:The technical interview is an ego trip by jhayward on Friday September 11, 2020 @05:45PM (#24447668)
I love this comment, not least because the enumeration leaves one to imagine what level of multi-dimensional punning and irony are being invoked.
Re:The technical interview is an ego trip by WrtCdEvrydy on Friday September 11, 2020 @11:40PM (#24449627)
To be completely honest, it was a mistake... I forgot to add 'curiosity' after 'caring' but... I will now use this to figure out who is curious about the fourth one :D
Re:The technical interview is an ego trip by shreyansj on Friday September 11, 2020 @05:24PM (#24447470)
And debugging off-by-one errors.
Re:The technical interview is an ego trip by jonfw on Friday September 11, 2020 @05:19PM (#24447414)
That's only 3
Re:The technical interview is an ego trip by WrtCdEvrydy on Friday September 11, 2020 @09:29PM (#24449080)
There are only two types of people: those who can derive a set from missing data.