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As an interviewer, I gave one pretty simple task (people solved it in as little as 8 minutes), wasn't using any real CS, even though I'm good at it. The reason
by deepsun 1y ago
As an interviewer, I gave one pretty simple task (people solved it in as little as 8 minutes), wasn't using any real CS, even though I'm good at it.
The reason was that aboint 70% of candidates couldn't write a simple loop -- to filter those out. The actual solution didn't matter much, I gave a binary decision. The actual conversation matters more.
- Tade0 1y agoThis. Main point of giving candidates CS problems was always to weed out those who couldn't program at all, but somehow were still in the industry. I worked with such people - it's unpleasant. Somehow someone figured that giving harder problems should result in better candidates. Personally, despite having passed most of the tests I've been subjected to, I don't see the connection.