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Having 5 years professional experience with Clojure, I applied a few months ago to a remote Clojure job, and the coding test was none other than recursion via z
by _sdegutis 9y ago
Having 5 years professional experience with Clojure, I applied a few months ago to a remote Clojure job, and the coding test was none other than recursion via zippers, literally my weakest point. I could have done the job just fine since they said they didn’t use zippers on the job, but failed the test and they passed on me. Coding tests are the real problem. I’ve had some great ones where you can tell someone put effort into it and will review it fairly, and I’ve had some that were hacked together like this one where it’s clear they weren’t given enough time to put it together by their superiors.
- zdragnar 9y agoCoding tests aren't always the problem, but coding tests that evaluate skills the company doesn't even use? That's just disrespectful.
- jcadam 9y agoYea, a proper technical interview needs have more breadth to mean anything. This question is pretty dang close to esoteric language features trivia. Which would have flustered me when I was young, but now just makes me angry and I'd probably (want to) launch a dry-erase marker at your head.
- piercebot 9y agoZippers! This is definitely a knowledge gap for me; thank you for putting a name to a thing that I've encountered in the wild. Here's a good article I've found with information about them: http://josf.info/blog/2014/03/21/getting-acquainted-with-clojure-zippers/ http://josf.info/blog/2014/03/21/getting-acquainted-with-clo...