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I read a theory that says that these impossible interviews were designed so that companies can say they couldn't find any qualified stateside candidates so that

• aphextron 7y ago
  >When I started in 1997, it was a 30-60 minute walk in. Now I understand multi-day interviews are the norm. Madness. I think a lot of it is just the glut of CS grads these days. The whole myth of a "tight market" for developers is just nonsense; companies have their pick of thousands of qualified developers these days and they can afford to pick and choose. Ultimately they are filtering for someone who can not just do the job, but jump through their hoops and be a good "culture fit".
  • gnaritas 7y ago
    It's not a myth, most of the so called qualified devs on the market are terrible programmers. Companies do not have their pick, about 1 in 20 are worth hiring; most absolutely suck and can crank out extremely shitty code, but don't much understand what they're doing.
  • mav3rick 7y ago
    They try to choose the best and are spoilt for choice. Why won't they make it tough to get in.
• closeparen 7y ago
  Rank and file engineers give interviews and participate in debriefs. If the interview process were subverted for H1B candidates, you can bet they would be screaming about it.