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These candidate screening portals that make me code in a web IDE are nightmare to me. My main problem with all of them is that I don't have a chance to talk to
by kowdermeister 8y ago
These candidate screening portals that make me code in a web IDE are nightmare to me.
My main problem with all of them is that I don't have a chance to talk to an interviewer real time to ask questions, express my thought process or go though the problem together. The time limit is usually harsh, once I needed 5 more extra minutes and the system shut down the test, zero points, but I had it coded 90% and the rest was in my head.
Test cases are revealed _after_ the code is submitted (or not even at all) which is the reverse of what happens in real life.
They are solving the wrong problem. Yes, hiring is broken, you made it better for employers, but not for candidates. I guess this is what we get for bashing the whiteboard interviewing for years, finally the disruption has arrived.
- asadlionpk 8y agoI think some simple tweaks by your employer could have made this system more comfortable for you too: - Like giving ample time to the test and then deciding from the report if to approve or reject. - Hidden test cases are to avoid hardcoded solutions. I think these cases don't map to unit tests, they serve a different purpose here.
- kowdermeister 8y ago> Hidden test cases are to avoid hardcoded solutions If that's the case, it's another way to prove my point that these portals are bad. I would expect that the company checks the submitted solutions so there is little reason to write "if (x == 5) return 1" style code if that's what you meant by hardcoded solutions.