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Yes, it’s easy to forget we are in of the highest paying industry. But yeah interviews should skip some redtape and HR bs.
by hartator 5y ago
Yes, it’s easy to forget we are in of the highest paying industry. But yeah interviews should skip some redtape and HR bs.
- asdff 5y agoStill, it's not like any other field of engineering has something equivalent to leetcode. You don't make someone with a civil engineering degree and a resume of bridge building go up to a whiteboard and work out an irrelevant physics problem like it's undergrad again. You don't have an M.D. talk you through a hypothetical surgery. Only in computer science is there this metagame that you have to dedicate unpaid time toward, yet is hardly ever relevant to the tasks outlined in the job description. I feel like it's been pushed onto recruiters by companies that specialize in creating this crap like most other Enterprise software sold to HR teams, and now there is this expectation that this is how you are supposed to do these interviews because it's been going on for years now. Snake oil salesmen and lemmings in HR brought this upon us, not technical leadership demanding competency.
- benhurmarcel 5y agoAnd other fields of engineering don’t pay nearly as well. I’d choose a much higher pay over a reasonable interview.
- HWR_14 5y agoCivil Engineers and Doctors have professional boards that certify they meet a minimum level of competency.
- kevin_thibedeau 5y agoI've done an EE "leetcode" phone interview with a non-technical HR person asking scripted problems. Didn't get to a real interview, then they foolishly called me back a year later where I just told them not again. This is for a company in the hinterlands of Oregon where you're making a sacrifice to work for the only viable employer in the area.
- Der_Einzige 5y agoIs this Intel? The people of Hillsboro would resent you referring to their Portland suburb as "the hinterlands of Oregon"