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madracerx
10y ago
I bet you do mind, specially if they ask you to do these on the whiteboard. What we do has nothing to do with basic CS questions... unless you have a very unique job. It can be done conversational if you know how to conduct an interview.
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madracerx
10y ago
I actually did that a few times, most of them run away from me. I said I don't have patience to do linked lists, determine if 4 points form a square type of questions, etc, as that does not prove anything. It is easy to game the syste
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madracerx
10y ago
Interviews suck specially for senior developers. Why should I have to prove myself over and over again by doing idiotic basic algorithm type of questions on the whiteboard? After having worked for over 25 years as developer in major compan