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Yes, true, but curlers or rock climbers don't need to run the same way baseball players do. All I'm saying is that there needs to be a multi-faceted look at a
by king_magic 15y ago
Yes, true, but curlers or rock climbers don't need to run the same way baseball players do.
All I'm saying is that there needs to be a multi-faceted look at a candidate. Some candidates are going to be so obviously poor that they do merit instant rejection. However, in my experience, that is the exception rather than the rule.
- SatvikBeri 15y agoOut of curiosity: where do you come in, in the interviewing process? I don't have direct experience, but I frequently hear that very trivial programming questions weed out more than 50% of applicants to programming jobs.
- king_magic 15y agoI am in the middle; our candidates are screened by HR (a process I'm not super fond of), then they come to me for various levels of tech/cultural fit interviewing. Then my comments are forwarded for final approval. Generally, if I say "hire", they hire. If I say "run", they run. And yes - trivial programming questions do weed out a fair number of candidates. However... it's tricky. A trivial programming question can look different to many different people, especially if they have varying skill levels and depending on their level of comfort in interviews. I try to give people the benefit of the doubt. If one question stumps them, I'll try to gauge their understanding with another similar (but different enough) question. If that doesn't work... sometimes I'll give them another shot, but usually I'll start winding the interview down.