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I would say that passing interviews is a separate skill, different than doing actual work. They are not completely different, of course, but different. This imp
by perdunov 12y ago
I would say that passing interviews is a separate skill, different than doing actual work. They are not completely different, of course, but different. This implies that the irrelevance is pretty high, otherwise you would not need to prepare specifically for interviews.
- vonmoltke 12y agoThat is a serious flaw in the typical interview process. An interview is supposed to screen people based on whether or not they can do actual work. If you are really screening for some parallel skill, then your hires are going to be a crapshoot.
- frostmatthew 12y agoThis is true of any job though. Even though there is a difference between "interview coding" and "real life coding" an advantage of our profession is that we can have interviews that can give more insight into how someone will do their job than just asking them questions. Imagine hiring a manager - you can't "whiteboard" management.