4 ms·

But its biased against people who can't use mouse and keyboard :) But on serious note, People who played the game could just hide the fact that they know the g

But its biased against people who can't use mouse and keyboard :) But on serious note, People who played the game could just hide the fact that they know the game mechanics. And act like they are catching up faster then normal person would.

boomfus 6y ago
Isn't that a common criticism of every interview style? Whether it's whiteboard questions, take-home projects, soft skill questions, lots of people will lie and say they've never seen the question before.
- plank_time 6y ago
  At this point, you would be foolish to admit that you’ve seen a question before. Everyone is faking it, and if you be honest, you’ll just keep getting harder and harder questions from the interviewer. The only time you should not fake it is if you’ve been asked that question at the same company. I think they would keep track of that and if you didn’t mention it, they would look deceitful on your part if they catch you.
  - stale2002 6y ago
    > you’ll just keep getting harder and harder questions from the interviewer. Well, there is a counter strategy that works even in this situation. The counter strategy would be to just know way more interview questions than the interviewer, and know the answer to every question that they have, so that they run out! When I was full time applying for jobs, a couple years ago, it got to the point with me. It turns out that people interviewing others, only have a couple questions that they use for interviews, and it is not that hard to know all of them.
whatshisface 6y ago
>People who played the game could just hide the fact that they know the game mechanics. And act like they are catching up faster then normal person would. This is a universal problem with all interview techniques. Interested in any ideas for how to fix it. It's even a problem with "personal interviews," because some people have had more experience with optimizing one-hour first impressions than others.
plank_time 6y ago
Most interviews in other industries try to figure out how much a person knows at that point in time. Software interviews try to do the impossible and try to figure out how quickly someone learns. That’s because this can be gamed, as you mentioned. I know people that have memorized 800 leetcode questions and got jobs at all the FAANGs, even though they were average developers. For the record I’ve never gotten into FAANG (although I have gotten into FAANG-adjacent) so my evaluation should be taken with a grain of salt. The best interview is one that can’t be gamed. Just like Hollywood auditions. Give the people the script and see how well they do. Tell the interview candidate you are going to give them 3 questions and they pick the one they want to do, even if they know it already. This strips away all pretense that they are figuring it out on the spot. At least then you are on a level playing field.

boomfus 6y ago

Isn't that a common criticism of every interview style? Whether it's whiteboard questions, take-home projects, soft skill questions, lots of people will lie and say they've never seen the question before.

plank_time 6y ago
At this point, you would be foolish to admit that you’ve seen a question before. Everyone is faking it, and if you be honest, you’ll just keep getting harder and harder questions from the interviewer. The only time you should not fake it is if you’ve been asked that question at the same company. I think they would keep track of that and if you didn’t mention it, they would look deceitful on your part if they catch you.
- stale2002 6y ago
  > you’ll just keep getting harder and harder questions from the interviewer. Well, there is a counter strategy that works even in this situation. The counter strategy would be to just know way more interview questions than the interviewer, and know the answer to every question that they have, so that they run out! When I was full time applying for jobs, a couple years ago, it got to the point with me. It turns out that people interviewing others, only have a couple questions that they use for interviews, and it is not that hard to know all of them.

whatshisface 6y ago

>People who played the game could just hide the fact that they know the game mechanics. And act like they are catching up faster then normal person would. This is a universal problem with all interview techniques. Interested in any ideas for how to fix it. It's even a problem with "personal interviews," because some people have had more experience with optimizing one-hour first impressions than others.

plank_time 6y ago

Most interviews in other industries try to figure out how much a person knows at that point in time. Software interviews try to do the impossible and try to figure out how quickly someone learns. That’s because this can be gamed, as you mentioned. I know people that have memorized 800 leetcode questions and got jobs at all the FAANGs, even though they were average developers. For the record I’ve never gotten into FAANG (although I have gotten into FAANG-adjacent) so my evaluation should be taken with a grain of salt. The best interview is one that can’t be gamed. Just like Hollywood auditions. Give the people the script and see how well they do. Tell the interview candidate you are going to give them 3 questions and they pick the one they want to do, even if they know it already. This strips away all pretense that they are figuring it out on the spot. At least then you are on a level playing field.