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> Also I guess about 70% of (pre-qualified) candidates would outright fail the question This is probably right. Companies still use these questions, though, be
by paxy 8y ago
> Also I guess about 70% of (pre-qualified) candidates would outright fail the question
This is probably right. Companies still use these questions, though, because they do a good job failing candidates who are not technical enough for the role.
What you're essentially doing is filtering out bad candidates and selecting from good ones based on luck.
- hikarudo 8y agoIn other words, the companies are optmizing for precision, rather than recall, which makes sense.
- ghettoimp 8y agoI've done a lot of interviewing and participated in a lot of hiring decisions at a very large tech company. I think our process is guided far more by tradition than deliberate optimization for anything in particular. :)