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I've been coding for over a decade including things 1000x as complicated as that (think embedded systems from the ground up). I could easily take 20 minutes or
by notch656a 4y ago
I've been coding for over a decade including things 1000x as complicated as that (think embedded systems from the ground up). I could easily take 20 minutes or even fail doing such a task because I'm literally never asked to code things in a professional environment with 3+ strangers breathing down my neck and judging me based on some simplified fizzbuzz.
I'm convinced white board / live coding interviews don't do much other than test for how you perform with a group of strangers pressuring you to jump through hoops publicly on which in a short time your entire value is judged (including determining say if you'll have money for daycare next week), which for most software professionals basically happens never except during an interview.
- pedrosorio 4y agoI have never been in an interview with 3+ strangers. Is that common?
- notch656a 4y agoIt's extremely common beyond the new grad / junior level, from my experience.
- pedrosorio 4y agoI don't understand what's the value in having 3 people in the room looking at you solve a coding problem, at any level of seniority. Sounds like it's just wasting the time of 3 engineers when 1 could perform the task.
- fallingknife 4y agoMaybe so (though I don't really believe you couldn't) but I gotta evaluate people somehow. And my job is to prevent false positives. False negatives are less damaging.