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> It doesn't matter if you've actually designed similar or more complex systems You know you've designed more complex systems. The interview has no way of know
by asdfman123 2y ago
> It doesn't matter if you've actually designed similar or more complex systems
You know you've designed more complex systems. The interview has no way of knowing if that's true, or you're an actor following the "I've designed complex systems" script.
And acting talent is arguably more common among the population than programming talent.
- CharlieDigital 2y agoI think there are ways to tell by simply asking deep questions about the system someone claims to have built, critiquing the design decisions, diving into why this technology over that technology. When I've hired or been a part of a hiring process, I always place emphasis on a candidate's past projects and ask deep technical questions around those. I also always review their GitHub repos if one is provided in the profile and I will ask them deep questions about their repos, why they chose this tech or that, interesting pieces of code, design tradeoffs they made, etc.
- lkjdsklf 2y agoThat type of interview allows all kinds of unconscious bias to creep in which is why a lot of tech companies moved away from it