Whiteboard interviews are a test of obedience, not intelligence

Re:Whiteboard interviews are a test of obedience, not intell... by thedynamicduo on Monday June 03, 2024 @06:57PM (#40568641)

It's hard to read this as anything other than a bitter candidate who got rejected after a series of FAANG interviews. There are some legitimate criticisms sprinkled in, but to characterize everyone who made it through as slaves who are more obedient than you seems like a coping mechanism.

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Re:Whiteboard interviews are a test of obedience, not intell... by makeitdouble on Monday June 03, 2024 @07:41PM (#40569047)

The very notion of obediency being a negative trait is flawed IMHO.

People working at humanly unfathomable size organizations being more obedient doesn't sound like an issue to me, nor would it correlate with other qualities, including intelligence or critical thinking.

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Re:Whiteboard interviews are a test of obedience, not intell... by thedynamicduo on Tuesday June 04, 2024 @10:09AM (#40574826)

So if someone told you they admired how obedient you are, you would take that as a compliment?

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Re:Whiteboard interviews are a test of obedience, not intell... by makeitdouble on Tuesday June 04, 2024 @10:29AM (#40575020)

Just call me "conciliant" or "cooperative" if you want to make it sound more like a compliment. "Obedient" is just putting connotations on an otherwise neutral trait.

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Re:Whiteboard interviews are a test of obedience, not intell... by whimsicalism on Monday June 03, 2024 @07:12PM (#40568801)

it's a common one :)

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