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If I have my Jr. Dev a hard problem to work on and they said "breathe over my shoulder for 30 minutes and I'll have the answer for you" I would be having a seri
by dccoolgai 4y ago
If I have my Jr. Dev a hard problem to work on and they said "breathe over my shoulder for 30 minutes and I'll have the answer for you" I would be having a serious corrective chat with them at our next meeting. No one works that way. Coding interviews are 10 percent about coding and 90 anxiety management... Which to be clear is important, but let's be honest about what we're filtering for in these things.
- IshKebab 4y agoIf interviews make you so anxious you can't think then you just have to practice more (I mean do more actual interviews). What's your alternative? Best I can think of is take home tests but I wouldn't want to rely entirely on that, and they have their own problems too.
- weatherlite 4y agoI don't even think it's as clever as testing for anxiety. I think they have to be there watching your back to make sure you're not cheating - the problems they give are easily searchable online. As a by product they will also test for candidates who are super good under stress (or drilled Leetcode so hard there's no reason to be in stress).