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Re:A note to Google recruiters (and on Google hiring practices) by paganel on Monday July 25, 2011 @05:50AM (#2801977)
>Here's the meat of my point. The correct answer when writing software is "use a library". The correct answer when answering an interview question is code with minimal dependencies

Which can be paraphrased as:

"Here's the meat of my point. The correct answer when building a wooden shack is "use a hammer". The correct answer when answering an interview question about building wooden shacks is to make the hammer first".

Re:A note to Google recruiters (and on Google hiring practices) by phuff on Monday July 25, 2011 @10:20AM (#2802699)
Which can be paraphrased as:

"Performance under modern software development interviewing practices has a very low correlation with on the job performance."