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The article makes it pretty clear that the exercise is a conversation, not a test. It’s not just seeing what they know, it’s finding out if they can carry on a
by paulcole 5y ago
The article makes it pretty clear that the exercise is a conversation, not a test. It’s not just seeing what they know, it’s finding out if they can carry on a pleasant conversation. It’s finding out if they can discuss a technical topic beyond telling the other person to “Google it.” In many organizations a Senior is responsible for helping the Juniors become Seniors — a responsibility not well suited to the autonomous lone wolf.
- ZephyrBlu 5y agoThe way the author writes and answers questions in the comments shows he does actually see it as a test. > Note that since our technical discussion is a conversation. I don’t expect a perfect answer from anyone. If I hear some right keywords, I know that the candidate knows the concept, and I try to push them in the right direction I.e. if you don't know the concept you don't pass. And in a comment: > I would much rather hire an all-rounder with deep knowledge of HTML/CSS/JS rather than a particular framework. This “Twitter source code” test demonstrates just that. He literally calls it a test. Also, I'm not saying Seniors are lone wolfs. I'm saying that they should be able to work autonomously (I.e. without supervision). I'm not prescribing what that work entails.