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I can't upvote this enough. In the age of Github, if a candidate has an impressive body of work and can "talk the talk", a coding interview is wasteful, potenti
by fivedogit 11y ago
I can't upvote this enough. In the age of Github, if a candidate has an impressive body of work and can "talk the talk", a coding interview is wasteful, potentially misleading and insulting. As soon as enough candidates balk at them, companies will stop doing them.
- jawilson2 11y agoI don't have a github account. All of my work previously was academic research, in which I have 10+ years of writing software, and currently it is all industry/proprietary. I thought the process I went through at my current company was great. A short phone screen, a coding test (~1 hour, with a week to complete), then an on-site, which took 1 day. The first two hours was a coding test, then I met with several teams, which were mostly high-level discussions and a few problem solving questions. We're not architects, and nor do we have a certification system. There needs to be SOME way to probe a candidate's abilities, and it's not easy.