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Hi, I wrote this service. We do indeed mention that it's a hurdle for recruiters to jump, and it was partly intended for that, but we also use it to screen out
by jon-wood 14y ago
Hi, I wrote this service. We do indeed mention that it's a hurdle for recruiters to jump, and it was partly intended for that, but we also use it to screen out people who can't really program. The number of applicants we had before this that couldn't explain how a website might track that you're logged in was terrifying!
- hkmurakami 14y agoThis... reminds me of a friend's anecdote where a guy brought in to interview, describing himself as an "expert" in C, didn't know what a pointer was. The interviewer had to "save" the situation by blurting (regarding the sample code given to the applicant on paper), "oh, those stars, yeah they must be typos. Sorry about that! Let's move on to another question."
- specialist 14y agoWe devs hate doing interviews. So we created an online programming test. For all applicants. Only about 30% of applicants scored 100%. I'm still astonished. We logged duration and attempts. I'm actually okay with someone retaking the test to improve their score. It was just CRUD work, requiring mechanics, not rocket scientists. And it means they recognized their own error and fixed it. Pretty much what you want out of any dev.