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Imagine if a Brain Surgeon was quizzed on Liver anatomy every time they wanted to interviewed for a job. It makes no sense and is borderline irrelevant to their

Imagine if a Brain Surgeon was quizzed on Liver anatomy every time they wanted to interviewed for a job. It makes no sense and is borderline irrelevant to their actual job of you know doing brain surgery.

vidarh 6y ago
I would however imagine them to need to be able to show good skills at communicating the things they actually do, and being good at communicating that is in itself a skill that they will not necessarily use on a daily basis.
- deeeeplearning 6y ago
  >I would however imagine them to need to be able to show good skills at communicating Yes, that's called an interview. No one is saying there is no need to interview... So you seem to agree that leetcode style questions are irrelevant and pointless?
  - vidarh 6y ago
    Yes, I do, but the comment you replied to above also made the point that those kinds of questions are not the primary reason why you need to practice interview skills, so it's an odd thing to focus on.
gizmo686 6y ago
Doctors routinely need to update their certification by taking a formal exam; which includes subjects that they never except when studying for said exam. You don't need technical screenings when just getting through the front door involves passing a rigorous certification process.
- vonmoltke 6y ago
  > Doctors routinely need to update their certification by taking a formal exam They don't in any place in the US I have lived.
dragonwriter 6y ago
> Imagine if a Brain Surgeon was quizzed on Liver anatomy every time they wanted to interviewed for a job. If software developers had the kind of exams getting initially licensed, and the ongoing continuing education requirements imposed to maintain their licenses, that regulated professions tend to have (doctors, lawyers, nurses, even schoolteachers), then they probably wouldn’t have every hiring process trying to compensate for the absence of such prior screening.

vidarh 6y ago

I would however imagine them to need to be able to show good skills at communicating the things they actually do, and being good at communicating that is in itself a skill that they will not necessarily use on a daily basis.

deeeeplearning 6y ago
>I would however imagine them to need to be able to show good skills at communicating Yes, that's called an interview. No one is saying there is no need to interview... So you seem to agree that leetcode style questions are irrelevant and pointless?
- vidarh 6y ago
  Yes, I do, but the comment you replied to above also made the point that those kinds of questions are not the primary reason why you need to practice interview skills, so it's an odd thing to focus on.

gizmo686 6y ago

Doctors routinely need to update their certification by taking a formal exam; which includes subjects that they never except when studying for said exam. You don't need technical screenings when just getting through the front door involves passing a rigorous certification process.

vonmoltke 6y ago
> Doctors routinely need to update their certification by taking a formal exam They don't in any place in the US I have lived.

dragonwriter 6y ago

> Imagine if a Brain Surgeon was quizzed on Liver anatomy every time they wanted to interviewed for a job. If software developers had the kind of exams getting initially licensed, and the ongoing continuing education requirements imposed to maintain their licenses, that regulated professions tend to have (doctors, lawyers, nurses, even schoolteachers), then they probably wouldn’t have every hiring process trying to compensate for the absence of such prior screening.