>Expectations are far too wide and as a candidate you need to know literally everything otherwise you won’t “perform strongly”. But it’s really just random chan

>Expectations are far too wide and as a candidate you need to know literally everything otherwise you won’t “perform strongly”. But it’s really just random chance. Coding interviews should be longer and less random. Give time for the person to mess up and get back on the right track. Isn’t that what you want in a co-worker? Systems design questions should be a long conversation about building systems, not just “what points did the candidate mention that I was expecting them to.” One reason for this is that large tech company have horrible diversity metrics and are trying to avoid getting sued for discrimination (bot just by candidates but also by the government). If every candidate is judged on the same robotic criteria then that makes a discrimination claim harder. A second reason is to avid managers building fiefdoms or employees having much more loyalty to their manager than the company. Startups have a wider range of interviews but they also pay much less. Although you could get lucky with an late-stage startup that hasn't fully solidified it's interview processes yet.