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Here's some advice. Avoid companies with stupid hiring policies. It seems that these guys want you to code like they do, and they'll eventually find someone "

by sockpuppet2016 11y ago

Here's some advice. Avoid companies with stupid hiring policies. It seems that these guys want you to code like they do, and they'll eventually find someone "close enough" - eventually. After wasting many man hours of interview time. You don't want to work with these guys. You want to find a company that appreciates you for the developer you are, which appears to be someone who knows his own limitations and has ways of mitigating those limitations. You have no idea how much that is worth. Simple mistakes like forgetting api parameters, the occasional typo and off-by one errors gets all of us. Especially in a high stress environment like an interview. I feel that a common "you're not technical enough" to be a lazy excuse, or to replace a poorer one such as "your face didn't fit", you are too bright and will show us up, or "we liked another candidate better". I feel your pain with the interview process. I'm a contractor and I hear lots of bullsh*t all the time from agencies and recruiters. Stick with it, and do a side project that proves to yourself that you're worth it. sockpuppet account for obvious reasons.

x1798DE 11y ago
FYI my understanding is that a sockpuppet has a connotation of an alternate account used to create a false sense of consensus. Generally people call anonymous accounts "throwaway".
eecks 11y ago
> Avoid companies with stupid hiring policies. Agree with this. Sounds ridiculous. What other profession has to prove their skills in such a way in a job interview?
- jon-wood 11y ago
  At least where I work we use a similar process for all roles. Customer support do mock phone calls and emails to customers, logistics people plan delivery routes, and marketers at least talk about how they'd develop and measure a campaign. Anything else is hiring people on their ability to talk about how they might do the job, rather than how they actually would.

x1798DE 11y ago

FYI my understanding is that a sockpuppet has a connotation of an alternate account used to create a false sense of consensus. Generally people call anonymous accounts "throwaway".

eecks 11y ago

> Avoid companies with stupid hiring policies. Agree with this. Sounds ridiculous. What other profession has to prove their skills in such a way in a job interview?

jon-wood 11y ago
At least where I work we use a similar process for all roles. Customer support do mock phone calls and emails to customers, logistics people plan delivery routes, and marketers at least talk about how they'd develop and measure a campaign. Anything else is hiring people on their ability to talk about how they might do the job, rather than how they actually would.