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The key is flexibility. As you say, there is little point in asking somebody who is going to be working with compilers the best way of doing something with Rea
by reallydontask 8y ago
The key is flexibility. As you say, there is little point in asking somebody who is going to be working with compilers the best way of doing something with React or Angular.
A guy I used to work with would walk through the technical skills section on candidate's CV asking for knowledge level out of 10 and then ask questions accordingly but that is trickier to do on an online platform (at least as far as I'm aware)
- seanmcdirmid 8y agoMany interview processes avoids trivia for pure problem practice. Either some real life problem setup designed to fit into 45 minutes, or...Leetcode problems. Only the latter are immune to the specialization problem, but have little bearing on the job actually to be done.
- pickle-wizard 8y agoI recently had a job interview where I was asked about skills on my resume. Except on every question the scale would change. For example. On a scale on 1 to 7 how do you rate your self on Linux Then, On a scale of 1 to 9 how do you rate your self on AWS. It was maddening and I could couldn't give an honest answer as I kept getting confused. That is one of the many reasons I declined a second interview with that company.
- reallydontask 8y agoWhy change the scale? that would've confused me too I guess the interviewer thought the scale change would make you think harder about your skill level ...