Re:Tell HN: Stop Accepting Shitty Interviews
by chrisaycock on Friday January 14, 2022 @08:02AM
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I agree that the interview can't be just war stories. There has to be code in there somewhere, like whiteboard sketches of an algorithm the candidate has implemented.
On the other hand, leet code questions definitely don't show that the candidate can actually write maintainable, well-documented code with test suites and easy-to-use APIs.
Re:Tell HN: Stop Accepting Shitty Interviews
by edanm on Friday January 14, 2022 @08:49AM
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Yes, luckily those aren't the only two options :)
Though I will say that having some kind of fizz-buzz style phone screen is still, in my mind, a good idea. It saves a lot of time if it turns out that your candidate can't even write a simple for loop (and so many can't, to my great dismay).
This approach simply doesn't always work. Some people are amazing-sounding but terrible in practice. The reverse is also true - some people are terrible at talking about their work, but produce amazing code. (Their lack of communication skills might or might not hamper their actual job performance, depending on multiple factors.)