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As time goes by, I'm slowly becoming more and more convinced that the only way to accurately and fairly interview programmers is to give them some real world co
by remmargorp64 7y ago
As time goes by, I'm slowly becoming more and more convinced that the only way to accurately and fairly interview programmers is to give them some real world contract work assignments that match the kind of work you want them to do at the job position, and then see how they perform.
This approach has a lot of upsides:
1. Real work gets done
2. The developer gets fairly compensated for their efforts
3. You get to gauge them objectively, based on their actual results
- subhobroto 7y agoBang on! I have been doing software for a while and there has been no realistic situation when a business needed a problem solved from scratch without an collaboration, discussion or feedback within an hour. I have been in situations where companies needed a solution within an hour and it almost exclusively involved extreme team work and cooperation. I made a comment on how it would be cheaper for the employer to hire a candidate on an at-will basis once the candidate passes a basic skill and design test: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22368572 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22368572