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Another relevant question - does "Sports/competitive <field>" (similar to Competitive Programming, i.e. Olympiad and code/hacker/lity/rank sites) thing exist at

by zerr 10y ago

Another relevant question - does "Sports/competitive <field>" (similar to Competitive Programming, i.e. Olympiad and code/hacker/lity/rank sites) thing exist at all? Such that the tasks are completely different to what one might expect to do on the job. So e.g. if there is a "Competitive Bridge-Engineering" and the problems are completely different compared to bridge-engineers day job. To continue this theme - in case you have an opening for bridge engineer - isn't it enough to discuss the previous 5 bridges the candidate has built and maybe also discuss the relevant details the current bridge project entails? Do such bridge-engineers also get irrelevant questions?

jeff_petersen 10y ago
> if there is a "Competitive Bridge-Engineering Not really related to job interviews, but West Point used to do a bridge engineering competition (maybe they still do) where you downloaded a software package and had to design a bridge that could withstand the highest load for the smallest cost. It was pretty accessible and kind of fun to mess around with. I never submitted any solutions, but I think the prize was a scholarship.