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It’s similar to how whiteboarding is an inaccurate but useful model of coding ability. I’ve had candidates who could answer in general detail how they would imp
by wilde 4y ago
It’s similar to how whiteboarding is an inaccurate but useful model of coding ability. I’ve had candidates who could answer in general detail how they would implement an algorithm, but struggle to produce working code.
The purpose of these behavioral questions is to get you to produce details about how you actually act at work in challenging circumstances.
If we reject these models I think we’d be stuck with contract-to-hire as our evaluation model which seems more stressful for both sides.
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- wutbrodo 4y ago> The purpose of these behavioral questions is to get you to produce details about how you actually act at work in challenging circumstances. I think the idea is not that these are low-signal, but that the _recall_ of stories like these is not a given. I think the whiteboard example is apt, as both are nonzero-signal exercises that can be torpedoed by a lack of preparation that has nothing to do with your actual problem-solving ability. It's universally-known that you need to practice for whiteboard-style coding questions, but I guess it hasn't yet seeped into our cultural knowledge that you need to do the same for behavioral-style questions. I'm currently in the middle of a jobhunt and I feel like I just independently discovered it.