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How would this be a good test in a technical interview? Even if you are hiring “Big Data” folks most of them wouldn’t and shouldn’t know half of these products

How would this be a good test in a technical interview? Even if you are hiring “Big Data” folks most of them wouldn’t and shouldn’t know half of these products and companies. Not to mention that it doesn’t tell you if the person knows the products or if they are just a huge Pokémon fan... If anyone uses this as candidate assessment tool I would expect anyone with any shred of dignity to walk out.

Agentlien 6y ago
I think it would be a great interview question to weed out companies I wouldn't want to work for.
macando 6y ago
Hey, I was just kidding. It might be useful to screen recruiters not candidates. I think the posted app was inspired by this image: https://i.imgur.com/r0SEEoh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/r0SEEoh.jpg
- dogma1138 6y ago
  These days it’s hard to tell. As for filtering recruiters I think it’s a very SV centric problem and also quite a privileged problem to have. It’s funny as long as you don’t actually need a job because your rent is due.
  - ric2b 6y ago
    But it's still a problem and if the recruitment landscape improves it will also help those who have their rent due.
    - dogma1138 6y ago
      It maybe a problem but from my experience most people who take the piss out of recruitment at least here in the U.K. tend to be the ones who think they are top 0.1% talent but in reality are far from it. True top talent has the luxury of usually not having to deal with recruiters in the first place and for the rest of us in the middle we know it sucks but it’s something most of us learn to deal with rather easily. The best tech recruiters I worked with were also the ones who didn’t know anything and didn’t care, and it’s fine. I want a recruiter to be able to understand what kind of a role I want to have at a high level and what would the next challenge I want to take on, tech lead, people’s manager, building something from the ground up at a startup etc rather than try to pattern much my CV to some job posting. The technobabble only detracts from the recruitment process I don’t care if they understand the difference between React and React Native or don’t.
      - paledot 6y ago
        I don't care if a recruiter knows the difference between React and React Native, but I do care that they know the difference between Java and JavaScript.
- asxd 6y ago
  At the bottom it says it was inspired by a google form, but I like this explanation way more.
tim333 6y ago
Can confirm. Did well at the quiz due entirely to wasting too much time on Pokemon.
- toxik 6y ago
  The questions Seahorse followed by Horsea got a laugh out of me
booleandilemma 6y ago
It would only be slightly less ridiculous than what really happens in technical interviews.

Agentlien 6y ago

I think it would be a great interview question to weed out companies I wouldn't want to work for.

macando 6y ago

Hey, I was just kidding. It might be useful to screen recruiters not candidates. I think the posted app was inspired by this image: https://i.imgur.com/r0SEEoh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/r0SEEoh.jpg

dogma1138 6y ago
These days it’s hard to tell. As for filtering recruiters I think it’s a very SV centric problem and also quite a privileged problem to have. It’s funny as long as you don’t actually need a job because your rent is due.
- ric2b 6y ago
  But it's still a problem and if the recruitment landscape improves it will also help those who have their rent due.
  - dogma1138 6y ago
    It maybe a problem but from my experience most people who take the piss out of recruitment at least here in the U.K. tend to be the ones who think they are top 0.1% talent but in reality are far from it. True top talent has the luxury of usually not having to deal with recruiters in the first place and for the rest of us in the middle we know it sucks but it’s something most of us learn to deal with rather easily. The best tech recruiters I worked with were also the ones who didn’t know anything and didn’t care, and it’s fine. I want a recruiter to be able to understand what kind of a role I want to have at a high level and what would the next challenge I want to take on, tech lead, people’s manager, building something from the ground up at a startup etc rather than try to pattern much my CV to some job posting. The technobabble only detracts from the recruitment process I don’t care if they understand the difference between React and React Native or don’t.
    - paledot 6y ago
      I don't care if a recruiter knows the difference between React and React Native, but I do care that they know the difference between Java and JavaScript.
asxd 6y ago
At the bottom it says it was inspired by a google form, but I like this explanation way more.

tim333 6y ago

Can confirm. Did well at the quiz due entirely to wasting too much time on Pokemon.

toxik 6y ago
The questions Seahorse followed by Horsea got a laugh out of me

booleandilemma 6y ago

It would only be slightly less ridiculous than what really happens in technical interviews.