Re:If software engineering is in demand, why is it so hard t...
by krony on Monday August 30, 2021 @01:30PM
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Coding interviews should just:
- review your recent resume
- have some conversations around coding topics that dive in enough to know if you generally know what you're talking about
- focus on things you really expect them to do on the job
- if you really love giving algorithm riddle programming tasks, only use them on recent university grads who are used to such things. it has zero (ZERO) usage for experienced devs in our industry
- basically much of the US already interviews conversationally with little or no coding exercise. but for some reason big tech and the valley fail to change (which is funny since they are usually on cutting edge of other aspects of our industry)
TL&DR: don't do live coding interviews, they are a waste of everyone's time
- review your recent resume
- have some conversations around coding topics that dive in enough to know if you generally know what you're talking about
- focus on things you really expect them to do on the job
- if you really love giving algorithm riddle programming tasks, only use them on recent university grads who are used to such things. it has zero (ZERO) usage for experienced devs in our industry
- basically much of the US already interviews conversationally with little or no coding exercise. but for some reason big tech and the valley fail to change (which is funny since they are usually on cutting edge of other aspects of our industry)
TL&DR: don't do live coding interviews, they are a waste of everyone's time