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Sure basic proficiency is fine but how do you decide who is worth 150k and who is worth 400k?

• jedberg 4y ago
  Experience. Ask them about previous situations and what they did in them, what they learned from them, what they built, etc. But it lets you skip the basic coding exams about data structures and OOP. Let's be honest, you're not choosing 150K vs 400K based on how well they can reverse a binary tree.
  • VirusNewbie 4y ago
    I wouldn’t hire anyone who couldn’t reverse a binary tree (with a bit of coaching is fine too). I can certainly understand why someone without white board experience would initially freak out and assume it’s difficult but I’m confident I could ease some panic and point them in a reasonable direction. We’re talking like 4 loc here… But there are absolutely people with the title of senior engineer who cannot understand the concept of swapping some pointers and recursion.
    • jedberg 4y ago
      Of course you wouldn't. But with a certification exam that included such things, you wouldn't have to ask. And more importantly, like I said, you aren't choosing their salary and job level based on those skills. You're choosing it based on their experience.