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Hopefully Triplebyte will take this data to heart and change their interview process (or even customize it per archetype). If you want a very product focused en
by enknamel 9y ago
Hopefully Triplebyte will take this data to heart and change their interview process (or even customize it per archetype). If you want a very product focused engineer asking algorithmic questions is almost pointless. Heck, most of the time even knowing what big-O is doesn't matter. What matters more is how fast and effectively you can execute and if people can understand the code you write.
- SmellTheGlove 9y agoYou must remember that the candidate is not Triplebyte's customer. The hiring organization is their customer. They need to balance their credibility with hiring orgs against their desire to redesign the whole process. They're a newer company, so they naturally will start with what is credible with their clients - whiteboarding being part of that. Over time, I agree, I'd like to see a shift, but that will require buy-in from their clients. If Triplebyte does a good enough job, eventually clients will simply not worry about the mechanics of Triplebyte's screening process and just trust that candidates they pass through are of high quality. At that point, Triplebyte can do whatever the hell it wants in screening provided that quality doesn't dip, and I'm sure that's exactly where they want to go. There is an unbelievable amount of corporate inertia, from startup to fortune 500, in fundamentally changing the hiring process. I wish them the best, and honestly hope they get there.