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I assume you're exaggerating slightly and that you mean "couldn't code as well as the resume suggested". How certain are you that the pressure of the interview
by fivedogit 11y ago
I assume you're exaggerating slightly and that you mean "couldn't code as well as the resume suggested". How certain are you that the pressure of the interview (which often means broken concentration, poor sleep the night before, etc) and the unfamiliarity of the setting (even typing in a Google doc without proper spacing, syntax highlighting and auto completion can be incredibly disorienting) aren't a major factor? Isn't it conceivable that some worse coders are better under such circumstances than a great coder who suffers mightily under them?
- pixeloution 11y agoI don't think he's exaggerating; for the past 4 positions I've had to fill (at six figure comps) 80%+ of candidates with extensive resumes couldn't solve a simple recursion problem. We give the a notebook with an IDE and access to the language docs. These folks with many "senior" level positions on their resume can't manage a task our last hire did in about 6 minutes.