Re:Show HN: I made a job board that doesn't allow HackerRank...
by twblalock on Friday January 01, 2021 @05:45PM
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The problem is that the software industry does not have the same standards as other industries. People graduate CS programs with little to no coding ability in many cases. There is no certification program like there is for, say, accountants or CPAs. Companies set the hiring bar all over the place. At a lot of companies, bad hires stick around for years.
Other industries have higher and more consistent standards, and certification processes. The software industry is the wild west, and that is partly why it has succeeded and why so many self-taught programmers have found success in it. The other side of the coin is that the quality of candidates varies more widely than in other industries.
Re:Show HN: I made a job board that doesn't allow HackerRank...
by pseudalopex on Friday January 01, 2021 @06:27PM
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I've never seen someone with a CS degree and no coding ability. Lots of them weren't taught anything else about software engineering. But most interviews don't test anything else anyway.
Re:Show HN: I made a job board that doesn't allow HackerRank...
by pseudalopex on Friday January 01, 2021 @06:22PM
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Engineers discuss work they did mostly. Interviewers ask probing questions to catch bullshitters.
As have already been reiterated in each and everyone of these threads (about leetcode/hackerrank/whiteboard coding) this is what the companies seem to think is the most proven, and produces most consistent results. But I would love to understand how other industries does this as well; does a propulsion engineer start to draw up a de Laval nozzle and calculate the exhaust gas velocity on a whiteboard? (again genuine question)