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You're basically asking someone with a PhD in math to do a long division by hand. It's irrelevant and honestly, they may not even remember how. While I still a

by shados 10y ago

You're basically asking someone with a PhD in math to do a long division by hand. It's irrelevant and honestly, they may not even remember how. While I still answer stupid whiteboard questions (though I'm not happy about it), I'll flat out refuse long winded ones or interviews where it's all they do. It's nice to weed out who cheated in their finals in CS, but it's pointless in testing if a Principal Engineer really is there. At upper levels, there's no one size fit all. You look at the person's resume and you tailor something around it. You won't have nearly enough applicant at that level for it to be a burden, and it's exactly how director/VP/exec positions are filled. For mid range and low Sr positions, sure, do whatever.

sangnoir 10y ago
> You're basically asking someone with a PhD in math to do a long division by hand More like someone with an online PhD in Math that isn't easy to verify. What it boils down to is "I worked at these companies in this role. Believe me". I think people get mixed up with management and technical tracks: Lot's of "senior devs" have coasted for years playing office politics and lost touch with actual development, I suspect those are the ones who get offended and would rather talk about the more abstract/higher level topics which may or may not be relevant to their expected duties, if they are being hired as as senior developer.
- dilemma 10y ago
  > More like someone with an online PhD in Math that isn't easy to verify. What it boils down to is "I worked at these companies in this role. Believe me". All human relations including work place relations are impossible without trust. Asking the equivalent of "what is 2 + 2?" is a sign of distrust and a good reason to decline the job.
- murukesh_s 10y ago
  They can still pass the interview that doesn't mean what's written in the resume is true. You got to trust them or find other ways to find out if the resume is honest. I have seen developers who are good at answering interview questions because they trained for that specifically.

by shados 10y ago

sangnoir 10y ago

> You're basically asking someone with a PhD in math to do a long division by hand More like someone with an online PhD in Math that isn't easy to verify. What it boils down to is "I worked at these companies in this role. Believe me". I think people get mixed up with management and technical tracks: Lot's of "senior devs" have coasted for years playing office politics and lost touch with actual development, I suspect those are the ones who get offended and would rather talk about the more abstract/higher level topics which may or may not be relevant to their expected duties, if they are being hired as as senior developer.

dilemma 10y ago
> More like someone with an online PhD in Math that isn't easy to verify. What it boils down to is "I worked at these companies in this role. Believe me". All human relations including work place relations are impossible without trust. Asking the equivalent of "what is 2 + 2?" is a sign of distrust and a good reason to decline the job.
murukesh_s 10y ago
They can still pass the interview that doesn't mean what's written in the resume is true. You got to trust them or find other ways to find out if the resume is honest. I have seen developers who are good at answering interview questions because they trained for that specifically.