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Re:Ask HN: Where to Work After 40? by bdangubic on Monday January 06, 2025 @08:19AM (#42610318)
but even big tech companies give mid-career job candidates "tests" that heavily involve the speed of basic calculation

this is 100% NOT a thing... a company would get their pants sued for age discrimination if they even broached anything like this in conversation let alone implemented it ...

Re:Ask HN: Where to Work After 40? by f1shy on Monday January 06, 2025 @12:24PM (#42612666)
I’m still waiting for OP to give an example… never ever heard of such thing. If anything, quite the opposite: they search more for calm, reflexive, meditative, non impulsive people. Speed is bo requisite.