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Author's point is it's neither an indicator for senior developers (too much CS stuff) nor for new graduates (finding edge cases requires real world experience).
by abiogenesis 6y ago
Author's point is it's neither an indicator for senior developers (too much CS stuff) nor for new graduates (finding edge cases requires real world experience).
- Thorrez 6y agoIn my time in college there was a lot of edge case stuff. There were autograders that would test tons and tons of edge cases, so a large percent of my project time was analyzing my code trying to find which edge case I missed that was taking a point off my score. I also participated in CTFs which are all about finding security vulnerabilities (edge cases). If the senior developer is going to be expected to write a lot of code, then I would expect the senior developer to be adept at finding edge cases. If the senior developer isn't going to be writing much code, then yes, a coding interview is maybe not so useful, and a more architecture-focused interview might be better.