>Cramming may get a candidate a job. But they won’t succeed at the job if they don’t have the skills and experience needed. Nothing any of us can do about it.

>Cramming may get a candidate a job. But they won’t succeed at the job if they don’t have the skills and experience needed. Nothing any of us can do about it. It would mean avoiding all mid size/larger tech companies. I am looking for a change, and I am preparing heavily. Algos, data structures, design stuff. >Granted, all of this implies that companies have actually created an interview that actually tests the skills needed for the position they are hiring for. I think he meant "assumes" not implies, but this is the crux. They test what they test, and if it possible to game it, people will do so.