Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts

Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts by harvey9 on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @03:51AM (#35243517)

If you need to use it to test candidates, bad news is you can't tell rote memorizers from problem solvers.

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Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts by bombolo on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @05:46AM (#35244219)

Then you say "but let's do buzzfizz instead" and let the memorizers start crying?

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Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts by harvey9 on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @05:16PM (#35252705)

Or just pose a real world problem? Like every technical interview I've ever had. Giving me a problem from a catalogue is letting me know you're boring - I'll be polite but I won't accept your offer.

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Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts by slt2021 on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @07:25PM (#35254254)

you wont accept, but there will be a line of thousand+ fresh college graduates and H1Bs behind you, all willing to grind leetcode and accept 200k+ offer

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