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> The best candidate I have ever interviewed [...] came to the interview with examples of his code and explained what his code does and why he did it this way.
by reledi 13y ago
> The best candidate I have ever interviewed [...] came to the interview with examples of his code and explained what his code does and why he did it this way. Everybody loved that. Unfortunately, almost nobody does it.
Almost nobody does it because it's not expected. Why not ask future applicants to bring in some code samples and walk through it?
- smsm42 13y agoWell, unfortunately that's not how the interview process is set up (and I personally have many other things to do other than to tilt at this particular windmill). However, post-factum, it seems very natural thing to do - I might probably do it if/when I ever interview for a position where it is relevant (though I might just bring a tablet in and show some code in opensource repose). I don't see why it's not expected - I haven't seen anyone who would find it inappropriate. It's not always possible - some people just don't have code suitable for presenting or sufficiently non-IP-encumbered to present - but if you're lucky to be able to do it, why not?
- pjmlp 13y agoBecause the large majority of developers don't code after work, thus don't have anything to show.