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Don't hire if they can't write code during the interview in the language they would be working with. Technical discussion and even pseudocode are not substitute
by jackcosgrove 10y ago
Don't hire if they can't write code during the interview in the language they would be working with. Technical discussion and even pseudocode are not substitutes.
- ianleeclark 10y agoEhh, I don't agree with this. If you're hiring primarily for a Java position, but a candidate with 5 years of C# experience shows up, they're not going to have too hard of a time in switching.
- jackcosgrove 10y agoThat's a special case because C# and Java are so similar. Amend my advice to include actual code in a reasonably similar language to that used in the job.
- a-saleh 10y agoI was actually interviewed for writing Java when I applied for my current position, then spent a year writing clojure, a year with mostly python and last two with javascript. Not sure how to divine if candidate is capable to learn writing code in language we need in a month :)