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Re:The technical interview practice gap by zerkten on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @02:57PM (#26403329)
The process is quite a lot easier for the hire and the outcomes are frequently better for employer. A key point is that it is a much more substantial process than it is in tech, and the qualitative aspects are understood/accepted/managed.

Tech hires quickly and frequently for the short-term. The algorithms test approach is intended to condense what would be a much more expansive investigation into something straightforward (and supposedly quantifiable.) This discards a significant amount of information which is considered in other high-end jobs.

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Re:The technical interview practice gap by barry-cotter on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @10:03PM (#26407265)
You’re right, the way that other jobs that pay as much hire is far more biased to people of the right social class who have been trained into the correct expectations of how one is supposed to act. Tech’s hiring process is more open to people without that kind of experience.
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