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So, right, programming interviews are from Alice in Wonderland and not about programming. Gee, I'm glad I'm programming, for my own startup. Wait while I ask

• the_af 11y ago
  > So, right, programming interviews are from Alice in Wonderland and not about programming. I don't understand your irony. No-one is saying that. We're saying that programming interviews are often not ONLY about programming, and unfortunately the parts NOT about programming tend to overshadow the parts that are. Therefore, interviewing requires preparation. Are you bitter that programming interviews are like this? If so, fine. So am I. Are you saying that programming interviews are NOT like this and do not require training for? You are mistaken. It's a fact of the world, whether we like it or not. Or are you saying you lucked out and didn't have to go through this hell? If so, congrats! It's known to happen. But still, it pays to be prepared for the average case of difficult, stressful interviews.
  • graycat 11y ago
    I'm saying that programming interviews have descended into tea leaf reading. People with obviously high qualifications are being rejected for no good reasons. The situation was not always so. Apparently the people doing the interviews are more interested in being nasty than hiring people to get more work done. For this situation to hold, there has to be not much demand and a big supply. So, the process is free to descend into totally silly games. It's the Queen in Alice in Wonderland and "Off with their heads".