> they might still be predictive of success in the job Basing an assumption out of thin air like this, we can throw the opposite argument: 'they might be predi

> they might still be predictive of success in the job Basing an assumption out of thin air like this, we can throw the opposite argument: 'they might be predictive of failure in the job'. Writers of bad code and choices mentioned by OP were likely hired out of a fantastic hacker rank score, and yet failed to produce good output.