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Here is how to do a tech interview that (I think) will work for everyone. I am sharing in the hope that this will become the standard, it was certainly the most

by collyw 6y ago

Here is how to do a tech interview that (I think) will work for everyone. I am sharing in the hope that this will become the standard, it was certainly the most pleasant technical interview that i have had, and somewhere where our industry is badly broken. I was asked to bring in my laptop with some of my own code - I had a side project at the time, so no problem. We talked about the code, decisions I had made. I was asked to implement a simple feature. I did. No time consuming take home exercise. No whiteboard riddles. No need to have a github full of work (lets face it most peoples work is in house and not easy to show off). Code I was familiar with, so less stress. The only downside would be not having code available, but then it will be the equivalent effort of a take home exercise to produce something.

judofyr 6y ago
> I was asked to bring in my laptop with some of my own code - I had a side project at the time, so no problem. Seems like a good solution if the candidate has a side project. However, many candidates might have their majority of the "good" code they've written owned by their previous company. > I am sharing in the hope that this will become the standard Hopefully it can become a standard option. There's probably never going to be a standard technique which fits for all candidates (or employers).
- asdff 6y ago
  >However, many candidates might have their majority of the "good" code they've written owned by their previous company. Which is a huge problem in this field that stymies wider innovation in technology by limiting discussion around technology through literal gag orders. You should be able to reuse whatever you write. It's silly. I'm not stealing cash out of the register, the company doesn't lose anything from me keeping a copy of my code snippet around for future reference. It's not the whole codebase, it's just what I've contributed. I swear, lawyers have ruined technology.

by collyw 6y ago

judofyr 6y ago

> I was asked to bring in my laptop with some of my own code - I had a side project at the time, so no problem. Seems like a good solution if the candidate has a side project. However, many candidates might have their majority of the "good" code they've written owned by their previous company. > I am sharing in the hope that this will become the standard Hopefully it can become a standard option. There's probably never going to be a standard technique which fits for all candidates (or employers).

asdff 6y ago
>However, many candidates might have their majority of the "good" code they've written owned by their previous company. Which is a huge problem in this field that stymies wider innovation in technology by limiting discussion around technology through literal gag orders. You should be able to reuse whatever you write. It's silly. I'm not stealing cash out of the register, the company doesn't lose anything from me keeping a copy of my code snippet around for future reference. It's not the whole codebase, it's just what I've contributed. I swear, lawyers have ruined technology.