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Two wrongs don't make a right. Hiring is broken in general and it's even more broken in SW and engineering. Not only hiring is broken, but most exams and tests
by ozgung 13y ago
Two wrongs don't make a right. Hiring is broken in general and it's even more broken in SW and engineering. Not only hiring is broken, but most exams and tests are also broken. It's always possible to cheat, game the system or fake. When we were students all of us experienced studying a subject just before an exam and immediately forgetting it afterwards. Exams don't prove that you really know the topic. More importantly, you may still fail at an exam when you know the topic well but not prepared properly. The underlying assumption in these hiring processes is that the interviewer knows the difference between a good hire and a bad one, therefore she knows exactly what to test. This is far from reality. The truth is that the test is arbitrary and the candidates are expected to comply.
- Tloewald 13y agoThis seems like rubbish to me. Exams work fine if they're employed in the right incentive system. In US universities it's not exams that are broken, it's the incentive system that they operate in. Today, exams are simply a tool for instructors to get good evals, students to get good grades, and universities to maintain accreditation. Job interviews work fine if done properly. First, interview the right people (filter out hopeless candidates). Second, have the right people do the interview (hint: future colleagues). It's not perfect, but it's not "broken". If you really knew the subject, you would have passed that exam.
- kanzure 13y ago> If you really knew the subject, you would have passed that exam. Developers pass those exams and still hate the process. What now?