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> I'm sorry, but if I'm doing the hiring, the person who isn't willing to come on site to do an interview will be one of the first people off the list to hire
by timr 2mo ago
> I'm sorry, but if I'm doing the hiring, the person who isn't willing to come on site to do an interview will be one of the first people off the list to hire
Nobody said anything about not coming on site. That's how we used to do it, in the ancient pre-history of 2019. What I said was that if you bring someone on site only to leetcode them, you deserve not to hire anyone.
The downside, of course, is that you don't have the cheap, dumb pre-filter of a memorization test anymore, so you'll have to figure out a better way to winnow down the applicant pool whom you're willing to pay to bring on site.
Maybe finally software engineering will achieve a level of interview maturity seen in other professional fields...but I doubt it.
- WalterBright 2mo agoIf you're willing to travel to be on site, you should be willing to study for the leetcode test.
- eloisius 2mo agoSo if it’s just a shit-test to see if the applicant has enough grit to grind through an arbitrary filter, and not to measure their aptitude, why not use Minecraft or something? Come into our office and show us how long it takes you to kill the End Dragon.
- DonHopkins 2mo agoFactorio is a much better test of your design and programming and refectoring ability than Minecraft.
- timr 2mo agoJust fly everyone out in a group and have a big rock-paper-scissors tournament. You can save on airfare.