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Couple of hours vs 30-40 minutes. I prefer to have multiple short interviews with different engineers rather than a single multi-hour long one with only one en
by 908B64B197 6y ago
Couple of hours vs 30-40 minutes.
I prefer to have multiple short interviews with different engineers rather than a single multi-hour long one with only one engineer. You get better feedback and it helps against bias.
Not only that but a "toy JS app" implies the candidate knows JS at all. If it's college recruiting, you are better sticking with algorithms since you know that they know it.
- a_wild_dandan 6y agoTo be clear, the goal is to watch the candidate build something using the prerequisite skills expected for the position. I'm not prescribing 3 hour sessions, or JavaScript. Target a 45 minute session. Target whatever tools, languages, etc are expected for the role. Maybe that means being language agnostic. Whatever is appropriate. Watching folks make something -- for any significant duration -- is perhaps a better estimator of a candidate's genuine job ability than testing how well they approximate an algorithm textbook. Well...that's the assumption, anyway.
- 908B64B197 6y agoNow I get it. Thanks