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Speed doesn't matter as much as WHAT you deliver. Seems to me, that the recent spate of online coding interview techniques are basically looking for people who
by stcredzero 7y ago
Speed doesn't matter as much as WHAT you deliver.
Seems to me, that the recent spate of online coding interview techniques are basically looking for people who type fast. I suspect that they're finding people who are actually "10X" coders, and people who have memorized the typing out of the solution.
(EDIT: A problem with such 3rd party companies, is that the incentives are subtly misaligned, as they are for any recruiter. If they can present a good image, and a steady stream of candidates who produce videos where they're going claka-claka-claka on the keyboard at a good clip, like a hollywood hacker (which runs and compiles) then they're golden. It doesn't matter to them, if they're missing out on good, thoughtful candidates. False negatives are the order of the day.)
- peterbell_nyc 7y agoI think there are misalignments, but I'm not convinced that false negatives are one of them. If I can fill all my req's with amazingly talented, lovely and capable people, it doesn't really matter so much to me if there are other amazingly talented, lovely and capable people that get rejected unreasonably in the process (unless it starts to create reputational risk). I think the bigger misalignment is the time horizons for success (placement vs successful performance), but that's something that'll get figured out as the interview companies build up their track records and keep track of how long their placements stay in their new jobs.