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We need a compromise where proven, experienced engineers can stop having to go through everyone's homebrewed technical interview and new candidates still have a
by vsareto 6y ago
We need a compromise where proven, experienced engineers can stop having to go through everyone's homebrewed technical interview and new candidates still have a shot if they don't have that credential yet. It should be up to companies to decide if they want to use those credentials, and I suspect companies would switch if it maintained a good reputation because why bother with a job that requires a technical interview?
- pydry 6y agoI prefer homebrewed technical interviews. They can be customized to the needs of the company hiring and can reflect day to day work better. Treating engineering as an undifferentiated commodity measured by leetcode performance is partly why this charade exists.
- vsareto 6y agoNeither leetcode nor homebrewed are what we want anyway. But homebrewed is IMO worse because it could be a weird format and people have issues with surprises during technical interviews, least of all anxiety. And when there's a bunch of different flavors and formats, candidates either prepare for them all or accept that they won't do well at some formats and forgo those jobs.
- pydry 6y agoIME candidates are spooked way more by leetcode than homebrewed tests that mimic the job they do every day. I'd estimate (from browsing graduate boards) it's probably among the top 5 most hated aspects of the industry. #1 for many - because it's so anxiety inducing.
- vsareto 6y agoYour experience must be different than mine then, which, it's a large field so it's totally possible. Dunno, it'd be great to not have to repeat any kind of technical test, regardless of the format preferred.