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We keep a record of all coding exercises performed by people who want to come in for an interview. We reference it for those who reapply to see if there has bee
by wheaties 11y ago
We keep a record of all coding exercises performed by people who want to come in for an interview. We reference it for those who reapply to see if there has been improvement. All of our interview questions are in a github repo and peer reviewd so you don't get those brain teaser useless questions.
I wish we took notes during interviews. On well. We still remember candidates who apply multiple times.
- actsasbuffoon 11y agoIf people are graded based on improvement, does that mean you could play the long game and intentionally fail the first time, then win the award for "most improved" next year? To get this out of the way, here's my implementation for this year: int main() { return 1; } Let me know when you're ready for next year's submission.
- ThrustVectoring 11y agoIf you know what you're doing, it's difficult to look like you're trying to figure out what you're doing. If you had the acting skills to convincingly give off the impression that you're a novice programmer, you've also got the skills to convincingly give off a more directly useful impression.
- danieltillett 11y agoDo they improve? This is a fascinating data set to have. Other questions I have is do the clueless improve? Do the bright, but inexperienced improve? Can you tell what candidates to contact again after a year and invite back for a new interview?
- darksim905 11y agoFor someone who applies multiple times, is that seen as a negative or a positive?
- gaius 11y agoAre you in the UK? What are the DPA implications of this? Is it not PI?
- tempestn 11y agoI'm not sure if it's intentional or not, but the only one of your acronyms I'm familiar with is UK. But perhaps that because my answer to your first question would be 'no'.
- mryan 11y agoDPA is the Data Protection Act, a law that governs how PI (Personal Information) can be stored, used and shared.
- tomp 11y agoWhy would code written or the interviewer's personal opinion of the candidate be the candidate's personal information?
- pm215 11y agoThe legal definition of personal information for DPA purposes (https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/key-definitions/ https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protectio...) specifically includes "any expression of opinion about the individual and any indication of the intentions of the data controller or any other person in respect of the individual".
- Triave 11y agoIt's information about an identifiable living individual. (In this context, Personal information is information about a person, not information owned by a person.)
- gaius 11y agoApologies, these are terms anyone in the industry in the UK would be familiar with :-)
- spoiler 11y agoI assumed all companies did this actually. The company I work for (it's a relatively small one, ~60 employees) does this. Although, the actual interviews and results are kept secret from the rest of the company—apart from higher-ups—I got insight into them because I was asked to filter out through some final candidates by interviewing them. I realised that they kept notes from past interviews, and based on the fact that one of the interviewees progressed a lot in a 2 year period, I was inclined to put him on top of the list of my recommendation. I feel like the ability to change is more important than just plain knowledge. More importantly, be mature and accept you "sucked" because {reasons} and work on yourself to improve, rather than be immature and "pridefully" (for a lack of better word) refuse critique.
- wheaties 11y agoThat's fantastic. Yes. Improvement > current ability assuming a base skill development suitable for the career track.