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A math professor (granted easier with math) at university always said, you can bring anything you want to the exam, if you can answer it with help he made a mis

A math professor (granted easier with math) at university always said, you can bring anything you want to the exam, if you can answer it with help he made a mistake designing the test. I see the same when I interview people online and I hear them frantically click their keyboard - but no help, I know before what Google returns.

PeterStuer 4y ago
Did any student show up with a 5G tablet and an earpiece?
- KingOfCoders 4y ago
  No but there were some were I suspected someone was listening in and answering questions.
p1necone 4y ago
Trying to evaluate a software engineer without letting them use google strikes me as being similar to trying to evaluate a construction worker by making them dig holes with their bare hands.
- KingOfCoders 4y ago
  I'm not asking things that can be solved by Google [1], because they can be solved by Google, and I only gain the knowledge "Candidate can Google", I see this as given. It doesn't mean that not a lot of work at the job involves googling Stackoverflow - I do it myself all the time. [1] I don't ask API knowledge, if someone doesn't know some API I tell them just to invent the call they need.
  - tpetry 4y ago
    Add 1-2 questions which can be googled. I have seen enough engineers not earning the „can efficiently google“ badge.
    - saalweachter 4y ago
      I got dinged on that test once. "Why didn't you just Google this question?" they asked, "Because I was taking a test," I said.
- zimpenfish 4y ago
  Best technical interview I ever had, they sat me down in front of an internet-connected laptop, gave me some problems on a piece of paper, and said "we'll be back in an hour, do your best". Just left me alone with Google et al. (Then I spent an hour-ish talking to swardley about 3D printing and its future impact on IP law, etc. -- this was back in early 2007, before it was generally available. That was the weirdest non-technical interview I've had.)

PeterStuer 4y ago

Did any student show up with a 5G tablet and an earpiece?

KingOfCoders 4y ago
No but there were some were I suspected someone was listening in and answering questions.

p1necone 4y ago

Trying to evaluate a software engineer without letting them use google strikes me as being similar to trying to evaluate a construction worker by making them dig holes with their bare hands.

KingOfCoders 4y ago
I'm not asking things that can be solved by Google [1], because they can be solved by Google, and I only gain the knowledge "Candidate can Google", I see this as given. It doesn't mean that not a lot of work at the job involves googling Stackoverflow - I do it myself all the time. [1] I don't ask API knowledge, if someone doesn't know some API I tell them just to invent the call they need.
- tpetry 4y ago
  Add 1-2 questions which can be googled. I have seen enough engineers not earning the „can efficiently google“ badge.
  - saalweachter 4y ago
    I got dinged on that test once. "Why didn't you just Google this question?" they asked, "Because I was taking a test," I said.
zimpenfish 4y ago
Best technical interview I ever had, they sat me down in front of an internet-connected laptop, gave me some problems on a piece of paper, and said "we'll be back in an hour, do your best". Just left me alone with Google et al. (Then I spent an hour-ish talking to swardley about 3D printing and its future impact on IP law, etc. -- this was back in early 2007, before it was generally available. That was the weirdest non-technical interview I've had.)