Re:Dynamic Programming vs. Divide-and-Conquer (2018)
by fpoling on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @03:29AM
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I was not arguing for these types of interviews. My point was that one can rationally explain apparently useless quiz questions. And yes, this is a strong selection bias to pick people that agree to play by arbitrary rules without questioning them.
And I can ask that given the recent issues with data privacy and data abuse by the tech giants, would we be in this place if the interview processes had selected for more holistic engineers, technically able but that refuse to play the game just for the sake of playing the game, that are opinionated and don't conform to something just for the sake of money?
I know that I might be creating a false dichotomy but I would like to think about what kind of pressure this selection process creates, what biases arises from it? How can we make it better?
Because your argument is the most conservative and pro-establishment one: it works so don't touch it and just emulate.