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InterviewStreet, Codility, and Hackermeter may not be the right tools to test a candidate's skills. During the in person interview or phone interview, if a cand
by namelezz 13y ago
InterviewStreet, Codility, and Hackermeter may not be the right tools to test a candidate's skills. During the in person interview or phone interview, if a candidate is not clear what the interviewer is asking, s/he can ask questions. If a candidate gets stuck on an online site, who should s/he talk to? If a candidate does not understand the question, how is s/he supported to answer it?
- pekk 13y agoThese sites aren't for candidates, they're not intended to test a candidate's skills and they're definitely not intended to help a candidate get a job. They are intended to filter out candidates. If you have to ask a question, if you get stuck, then you buckled under the pressure and how can you be expected to do real work with bosses and clients giving you vague specs and yelling at you? We only want A players. Don't let the door hit you on the way out. But the corollary to this is that the industry is really not measuring or even very interested in skills other than interviewing-under-pressure skills.
- namelezz 13y agoYou are saying that "not understanding a question" means "being under pressure" How so? )!@#$%^&*( <- Do you understand what that means? "how can you be expected to do real work with bosses and clients giving you vague specs and yelling at you?" Asking questions, communicating with your boss and clients. I would love to learn what an A player would do in that situation.