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Documented source? I don't think companies publish their interview processes. Personal sources? The guy who interviewed me at MS a couple years ago told me him

• hackinthebochs 14y ago
  I mean source that they result in a lot of false negatives and false positives. If Google kept stats on the rating engineers got during the interview and how they went on to do at the company, this would be a good starting point for objective evidence.
  • badgar 14y ago
    And exactly why on Earth would any company ever created publish such detailed information?
    • hackinthebochs 14y ago
      In aggregate, I don't see what harm it would cause. It would help move the industry forward.
  • Firehed 14y ago
    I don't have a source for this, but as an interviewer, simply thinking about what I can get from a riddle indicates it's probably true. I have a mental checklist of about fifteen items that I try to get answered when interviewing a candidate, and asking riddles would barely if at all help me answer any of them. That's not to say they're worthless, but when I have an hour or so to interview a candidate, they're not an effective use of my time (and I imagine that most candidates would think it's a lousy use of their time, too) - I ask questions that can answer four or five items on my list, not one if I'm lucky.