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Would it really be any better if I handed them a laptop with Notepad or some IDE and asked them to type in their ideas? What I'm asking is the bitbanging equiv
by joezydeco 7y ago
Would it really be any better if I handed them a laptop with Notepad or some IDE and asked them to type in their ideas?
What I'm asking is the bitbanging equivalent of "store 2+2 in a variable", so setting up an entire coding ritual for 3-4 lines of code isn't really what I had in mind.
- kradroy 7y agoTo answer your question with a question - Would you be satisfied if they could solve the problem in that setting? Is making a laptop available to them for problem solving that much trouble? Or, rather than looking for _any_ competent candidate, are you looking for someone like you and your coworkers, who can give direct answers without a pause? I ask because in one case it's more like an attempt to hire capable employees and the other is perhaps a subconscious attempt to maintain a monoculture.
- joezydeco 7y agoYou know that's a good question and, to be honest, if they could only solve this at a keyboard then I wouldn't be satisfied. We constantly draw things out and scribble over it again when we're designing. If you can't translate and communicate to others then it's not a good fit for me.