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Re:Software engineering interview questions by mathattack on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @02:27PM (#8789743)
Even a week or month is short. I've been in situations where it's tough to make a hiring decision based on 10 weeks of (paid) interaction, even when saying "No" means having only 4-5 interviews to decide on a "Yes" for someone else.

This is why hiring people who we professionally interact with (referrals) is so important. And it's a handicap for people with weak networks or internal-only jobs.

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Re:Software engineering interview questions by pmiller2 on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @03:34PM (#8790057)
How is it that a company could not be able to make a decision after 2+ months of a person actually working for them? If it's not a clear "no," we know that person hasn't managed to destroy the company and can at least get along well enough socially. If it's not a "yes" after that much time, that seems like a management failure. After all, 2 months should be more than enough time to produce enough code to tell whether a person can code and will bring a net positive influence to the environment.
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Re:Software engineering interview questions by mathattack on Wednesday December 24, 2014 @12:47AM (#8791738)
It comes from "This person is good, but not great, and we only have one spot, so should we hold out for great?"
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