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The way some technical interviews test technical skills would be like testing communication skills by asking candidates to give a public speech. Then talk abo
by sbov 7y ago
The way some technical interviews test technical skills would be like testing communication skills by asking candidates to give a public speech.
Then talk about how you "dodged a bad one" because they couldn't say a single sentence without an "uhm".
- ghaff 7y agoMaybe not a developer job, but for jobs that actually require public presentations asking candidates to give a talk on some topic seems very reasonable. And, yeah, if they fumbled through it that would be mark down if that's something they'll do as a job. Writing may be more important, but presentation skills are absolutely important for some jobs involving communications.
- dahfizz 7y agoI don't understand this mentality at all. If I'm hiring you to do X, I want some sort of confirmation that you can actually perform X. What's the alternative? Hiring the first person who applies?
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- inertiatic 7y agoHiring the way hospitals hire doctors. I don't know, do they have them dissect other species while explaining their though process?
- dahfizz 7y agoThe vital difference is that doctors have doctorates. Becoming a doctor is an incredibly rigorous process and you can be confident that anyone who is a doctor is competent. You don't need a demonstration of their skills. Any shmuck can spend a week on leetcode and call themselves a programmer. There needs to be a way to sort out that type of applicant in a field where so many are 'self taught'