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You know at this point, a candidate who had prepped on known questions would be a huge plus in my book. Unbelievable how many candidates I interview that don't
by newobj 13y ago
You know at this point, a candidate who had prepped on known questions would be a huge plus in my book. Unbelievable how many candidates I interview that don't even know a single thing about the product, and who are unable to code the completely predictable problems you know will be thrown at you in a dev interview. Did they just wake up from a drunken stupor in the lobby with a note pinned to their chest I wonder? It boggles the mind.
- saraid216 13y agoPhone screen with FizzBuzz. Admit that it's not complicated, but that you get so many unqualified people that it does serve to filter, but make them do it anyways. It's 5 minutes at most and saves them the effort of traveling to your office AND saves you the effort of interviewing seriously.
- newobj 13y agoMy comments were actually applying to the phone screen portion of the interview. But it's still an hour of everyone's time.
- spinlock 13y agoI crashed and burned the first time I encountered fizzbuz. My solution was fine but I didn't believe it could be so easy. I spent the rest of the interview paranoid that I'd embarrassed myself and came across like a paranoid idiot.
- newobj 13y agoDid you get hired?
- nawitus 13y agoSome people perform badly because of interview stress.
- newobj 13y agoI've done hundreds and hundreds of interviews. I can see when a smart person is stressed, and when an average person is just limping through their chosen profession. which is a lot of them.
- CamperBob2 13y agoYou know at this point, a candidate who had prepped on known questions would be a huge plus in my book. That's what I'm thinking. Honestly... how many unqualified prospects are going to try to gain a position by memorizing FizzBuzz solutions, or whatever? Is this an actual problem in the real world? Wouldn't it be easier to just learn to code from first principles?