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The low score of C++ and high score of Python in pass rate made me think for a moment. How are they determining pass or fail rate? Because if they're failing pe

by c3534l 9y ago

The low score of C++ and high score of Python in pass rate made me think for a moment. How are they determining pass or fail rate? Because if they're failing people because they forgot a semicolon or something trivial like that, then this ceases to be a test of interview performance and more a test of how many inconsequential mistakes does the average person make. So for instance, Vim doesn't provide much help when you mess up. If you type a variable name that doesn't exist, that's your fault (I'm sure with plugins you can get more). So do Vim users do better because they're nerdier, don't mind a steep learning curve, and like working in a terminal, or is it because Vim doesn't tell you that you accidentally called "reduc" instead of "reduce"?

xiphias 9y ago
In my experience the new ,,cool'' startups prepare interview questions in python/ruby/..., give some time, and don't measure the time spent by the program. In this setup writing the same code in C++ (including the right STL headers) is a pain in the a. I remember that when I selected C++ as my language for interviewing, I was strongly punished, because my interviewer didn't understand why it takes 10 minutes to do something relatively simple (that is just a few line of code in a higher level language). After that I switched to using Ruby in my interviews, and passed easily.
rch 9y ago
Their entire sample seems to be composed of people who are willing to click on a green button and "take the quiz" as part of a job search.
thomastjeffery 9y ago
> If you type a variable name that doesn't exist [in vim] Start typing a work and press C-x C-[nolk] * n for a word in open buffers * o for "omnicomplete" which is quite similar to "intellisense" * l for the entire line in open buffers * k for the word from a dictionary There are several others, but those are the main ones. As soon as you start a completion, you can use C-p and C-n to go up and down the list respectively. > Vim doesn't provide much help when you mess up Vim is designed for editing text. I don't know if a better editor (yet) suited to editing, rather than writing. > Vim doesn't tell you that you accidentally called "reduc" instead of "reduce"? It can, so long as you have it set up to. Vim even has a spell checker.
- c3534l 9y ago
  I didn't want to start a preferred editor flamewar.
  - thomastjeffery 9y ago
    I just wanted to let you know that Vim isn't the neutered editor you appeared to think it was.
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kazinator 9y ago
It looks as if they are interviewing people for skills related to the use of high level, dynamic languages. Someone who has been doing nothing but C++ for years will probably not be able to "code golf" some data munging problem, say. By the time they get their function right for tokenizing a string on whitespace delimitation, the time is almost up. :)

by c3534l 9y ago

xiphias 9y ago

In my experience the new ,,cool'' startups prepare interview questions in python/ruby/..., give some time, and don't measure the time spent by the program. In this setup writing the same code in C++ (including the right STL headers) is a pain in the a. I remember that when I selected C++ as my language for interviewing, I was strongly punished, because my interviewer didn't understand why it takes 10 minutes to do something relatively simple (that is just a few line of code in a higher level language). After that I switched to using Ruby in my interviews, and passed easily.

rch 9y ago

Their entire sample seems to be composed of people who are willing to click on a green button and "take the quiz" as part of a job search.

thomastjeffery 9y ago

> If you type a variable name that doesn't exist [in vim] Start typing a work and press C-x C-[nolk] * n for a word in open buffers * o for "omnicomplete" which is quite similar to "intellisense" * l for the entire line in open buffers * k for the word from a dictionary There are several others, but those are the main ones. As soon as you start a completion, you can use C-p and C-n to go up and down the list respectively. > Vim doesn't provide much help when you mess up Vim is designed for editing text. I don't know if a better editor (yet) suited to editing, rather than writing. > Vim doesn't tell you that you accidentally called "reduc" instead of "reduce"? It can, so long as you have it set up to. Vim even has a spell checker.

c3534l 9y ago
I didn't want to start a preferred editor flamewar.
- thomastjeffery 9y ago
  I just wanted to let you know that Vim isn't the neutered editor you appeared to think it was.

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kazinator 9y ago

It looks as if they are interviewing people for skills related to the use of high level, dynamic languages. Someone who has been doing nothing but C++ for years will probably not be able to "code golf" some data munging problem, say. By the time they get their function right for tokenizing a string on whitespace delimitation, the time is almost up. :)