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Any time I see one of these rants I can't help but assume that the author has never been remotely involved with hiring from the other end. The sheer volume of
by lexicality 11y ago
Any time I see one of these rants I can't help but assume that the author has never been remotely involved with hiring from the other end.
The sheer volume of crap resumes you get from people that can't code is utterly astounding, especially from recruiters.
A simple blanket "Yeah sure here do this test first" is necessary to stop your engineers drowning, though even then you still get a whole bunch of recruiter forwarded candidates that simply cheat on any test you give them, automated phone or otherwise.
That said, if a company is actively trying to poach someone, asking them to do a coding test is rather stupid, since you wouldn't be going after them if you didn't know they were good.
- sokoloff 11y agoThis. It's utterly amazing to me just how shallow the talent pool is among the totally unfiltered active job-seeker population.
- orblivion 11y agoAs I've been told by the person looking at resumes where I work, even decent looking resumes are not a clear sign that they're particularly good.
- kafkaesq 11y agoThe sheer volume of crap resumes you get from people that can't code is utterly astounding, especially from recruiters. But he didn't suggest that people evaluate his abilities based on his resume. His post didn't even mention the words "resume" or "CV". Any time I see one of these rants I can't help but assume ... Maybe you should be less assuming, then.