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I have been through an interview process many times; I have never been asked a technical question / asked to do on blackboard or on computer problem solving. I

by chvid 10y ago

I have been through an interview process many times; I have never been asked a technical question / asked to do on blackboard or on computer problem solving. I guess that that form of interviewing is simply not common in my neck of the woods (Denmark). I am curious to what sort of questions / tasks are actually given to the interviewee? And are they in any way biased towards more textbook/academic ones? (I.e. "implement bubble sort" rather than "create a blue button").

ascorbic 10y ago
Out of interest, what sort of questions do you get asked in interviews for Danish tech jobs? To answer your question, when I have interviewed people the tasks I have set have always been job-related. I set pre-interview at-home tasks, as well as smaller tasks during the interview. I did this for the same reason I avoided whiteboard exercises: I wanted it to be realistic. One example I used was to implement an app that shows sunrise and sunset times. They were allowed to do this in any way they wanted, using open source libraries if they wanted, and add whichever features they wanted.
- chvid 10y ago
  I do a lot of short term consulting contracts. Typically for 6 months or so. My role is either Java/JavaScript senior developer or architect. In the general the interviews runs for 30 minutes. The first 15 minutes, the client presents themselves and the particular project they are working on. Then I spent typically 5-10 minutes running thru my resume; focusing on any relevant previous projects. If there is any technical talk it will be based on the projects in my resume or the client's project. The most technical it will get would be pros and cons of particular technology choices. I have never been asked a "quiz question" - that is a question where the interviewer knew the correct answer in advance.

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I have been through an interview process many times; I have never been asked a technical question / asked to do on blackboard or on computer problem solving. I

by chvid 10y ago

ascorbic 10y ago
Out of interest, what sort of questions do you get asked in interviews for Danish tech jobs? To answer your question, when I have interviewed people the tasks I have set have always been job-related. I set pre-interview at-home tasks, as well as smaller tasks during the interview. I did this for the same reason I avoided whiteboard exercises: I wanted it to be realistic. One example I used was to implement an app that shows sunrise and sunset times. They were allowed to do this in any way they wanted, using open source libraries if they wanted, and add whichever features they wanted.
- chvid 10y ago
  I do a lot of short term consulting contracts. Typically for 6 months or so. My role is either Java/JavaScript senior developer or architect. In the general the interviews runs for 30 minutes. The first 15 minutes, the client presents themselves and the particular project they are working on. Then I spent typically 5-10 minutes running thru my resume; focusing on any relevant previous projects. If there is any technical talk it will be based on the projects in my resume or the client's project. The most technical it will get would be pros and cons of particular technology choices. I have never been asked a "quiz question" - that is a question where the interviewer knew the correct answer in advance.