Re:I will not do a tech interview
by falcolas on Wednesday August 21, 2013 @12:26PM
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On the job training? Heresy! Shun the unbeliever, shun!
In my own current position, I would not have gotten the job if they had interviewed me then like they interview new hires now.
Don't know how to find and recover active but deleted files? Goodbye. Don't know how to follow strace around a distributed environment? See ya. No idea how the elevator works? Why are you even applying?
I know how to do all of those things now, because I asked questions of my colleagues and the internet. I'm now the lead developer, not because I knew everything coming in, but because I am able to learn.
In my own current position, I would not have gotten the job if they had interviewed me then like they interview new hires now.
Don't know how to find and recover active but deleted files? Goodbye. Don't know how to follow strace around a distributed environment? See ya. No idea how the elevator works? Why are you even applying?
I know how to do all of those things now, because I asked questions of my colleagues and the internet. I'm now the lead developer, not because I knew everything coming in, but because I am able to learn.