Re:Live coding interviews measure stress, not coding skills
by falcor84 on Friday August 01, 2025 @09:47AM
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Brick laying is a job where the progress is immediate and easy to assess. The better analogy would be of hiring a civil engineer - would you hire one to work on your project based just on a certificate?
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Re:Live coding interviews measure stress, not coding skills
by sarchertech on Friday August 01, 2025 @10:14AM
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None of my civil engineer friends do white board interviews unless it was a new grad hire. They mostly go off of work experience, degree, and certifications.
Re:Live coding interviews measure stress, not coding skills
by ozgung on Friday August 01, 2025 @09:59AM
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How do you hire a civil engineer? Do you ask them to solve a series of construction puzzles for few hours?
Re:Live coding interviews measure stress, not coding skills
by parpfish on Friday August 01, 2025 @10:36AM
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the FE and PE licensing exams are essentially a one-time test of "hey, can you solve these puzzles / do you know these facts".
Re:Live coding interviews measure stress, not coding skills
by pjmlp on Friday August 01, 2025 @10:22AM
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Do they get to talk about bridges they build on their spare time?
Re:Live coding interviews measure stress, not coding skills
by sgerenser on Friday August 01, 2025 @10:43AM
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Wait, you don't build bridges in your spare time? You don't even have anything on BridgeHub? Immediate reject.