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Very simple: Because in the precious few hours they have to devote to "pure learning", when between jobs -- they're only motivated to hunker down and bone up t
by vanusa 7y ago
Very simple:
Because in the precious few hours they have to devote to "pure learning", when between jobs -- they're only motivated to hunker down and bone up the only thing that really matters: the latest tips 'n' tricks for passing all those fun programming quizzes (and the occasional "culture fit" question or two) that are the mainstay of the modern interview process.
Designing real, usable, maintainable ... software? That's much more difficult to "test" for.
- dnautics 7y agoIs it though? I give an interview question where I present a spec to be implemented. There's no algorithmic trick, but you do have to know to watch out for common problems (end of array conditions, etc). Sadly though we hired someone against my vociferous objection that failed my question in the worst way - he ditched the spec, attempted a complicated solution, and proudly asserted that "it works" at the end of the interview, because it passed the four test cases that I wrote as examples. I couldn't identify the bug by eye and in fact had to write a property testing framework to identify the bug. On the plus side, I now have a property testing framework for my interview question.
- whycombagator 7y agoDo you ask the same question each time?
- dnautics 7y agolow n. I'm just starting out.
- vanusa 7y agoMuch better than a quiz, for sure.