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> is that they tend to still focus on the "trick", quiz or algorithms parts of engineering. FWIW, this was exactly what we were against at Headlight, as is Wov
by wgerard 7y ago
> is that they tend to still focus on the "trick", quiz or algorithms parts of engineering.
FWIW, this was exactly what we were against at Headlight, as is Woven and (presumably) Byteboard as well.
There are plenty of practical interview questions to ask candidates, but it requires a lot more thought and preparation than I think most companies want to do.
The reason (imo) that quiz/trick/etc. type questions are popular is that there's a clear "right answer" most of the time. No nuance required. Introducing nuance requires humans to reason about things, and that takes up time (and thus money).
- jordanmorgan10 7y agoFor sure, there is definitely a valid perspective for both approaches. To be fair, at the FAANG companies the computer science is probably more important than other places. The irony for me is that when I did encounter these questions, I already knew the answers from research (i.e. the egg drop question, how would build an M&M, etc).