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A strong CS foundation is hugely valuable and I don't think anyone will argue that but the fact that someone with over a decade of experience can go from a "no
by dntrkv 7y ago
A strong CS foundation is hugely valuable and I don't think anyone will argue that but the fact that someone with over a decade of experience can go from a "no hire" to "hire" after a couple months of practice tells me that we aren't testing for the right skills.
- abalone 7y agoBeing exactly of those people (experienced but would have failed algo screen and had to brush up), I can confirm it would have false negatived me despite years of competent productivity... and yet I also feel I have filled in some significant gaps that I was lucky to avoid previously. I think if you have a really strong “portfolio” of individual work that can be validated as being yours, like side projects, that can be a valid pathway into at least non senior roles. Maybe you’re weak on algos and other team members can help out at key points. But I don’t know a better objective and direct measure of coding aptitude inside of 60 minutes. My issue is not with it in principle, at least for senior roles. It’s taking it to an extreme and misinterpreting the results. It gives this false sense of certainty about aptitude.