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> there’re surprisingly large number of folks who claim 5-10 years of experience and several companies under their belt but aren’t able to code a simple for-loo
by jjav 6y ago
> there’re surprisingly large number of folks who claim 5-10 years of experience and several companies under their belt but aren’t able to code a simple for-loop in their language of choice
No. This indicates a failure in the interview technique.
- username90 6y agoMany software jobs barely involve programming. Just look around in this thread, you will find people who argue that the job barely requires writing any code at all and mostly involves talking to customers or managers. That kind of experience doesn't make you a better coder, it makes you a better product manager, so technical interviews filtering them out is intended.
- dilyevsky 6y agoNot really - these companies try to cast a very wide net deliberately so it’s natural there will be large number of rejections. Smaller companies do a lot more prescreening so it’s less common there