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Hold on with the accusations… There is nothing wrong with testing people on simple tasks as part of an interview. This isn’t a long task, likely 30 minutes wor

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• wryoak 2y ago
  Sorry it wasn’t meant to come off as an accusation, more of a thought experiment: what would prove they would be successful in the job: proving they can solve a trivial problem in thirty minutes? I assume your team is not only solving the same trivial problems over and over again. I do have an idea I suppose. Present them with a problem and a solution and have them lead a discussion of the merits of the solution, what alternatives they might propose and so on. There’s some issues to avoid with this approach tho, like presenting a pair with a correct response in mind and then judging people against that standard rather than the standard of “how are they thinking through this problem, the drawbacks and benefits, are they presenting their ideas effectively and respectfully, etc” It also primes them to expect a certain sort of environment coming into the job, participating in meetings and collaborative solutions instead of just being a code cowboy. Adapt your specific discussion to how you expect them to conduct themselves, probably present your company collaboration guidelines and meeting CoC as a precursor to the meeting, idk I’m just spitballing here. I’ve struggled with this problem a lot hiring people.