I’m a big tech veteran, and I agree tech interviews aren’t perfect. Your assessment on discrimination is misleading. The tech interview is a signal, which is “g

I’m a big tech veteran, and I agree tech interviews aren’t perfect. Your assessment on discrimination is misleading. The tech interview is a signal, which is “good enough” but far from perfect, especially in this world of hiring at scale. >if people go to university and actually study and work hard to get a degree, it should be normal they don’t have to go through this bullshit. There’s a significant number of candidates, who despite their CS degrees and fancy GPAs, can’t solve basic programming problems. And then there are the senior or principal engineer candidates who can talk a big game but can’t write fizz buzz. Frankly, you can call it bullshit, but hiring unqualified people, coaching them, and eventually letting them them go is expensive. It’s not just expensive for the company, but it has a personal toll on the candidate, their manager (if they’re sincere), and the team. Tech interview loops aren’t a perfect solution. We still let go of people who get through these loops. People try to study specific questions and anticipate the same or similar question in their own interview. Or other times, people get hired because the hiring manager is just bringing in “talent” from their previous company to expand their empire and get their promotion. Yeah… there’s corruption in every system. > it has indirectly prevented knowledge workers from organizing. I have literally no idea how unions are relevant or how tech interviews encourage or discourage unions.