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What Makes a Great Coding Interview? Be Real
- ColinWright 11y agoIt's easy to create a simple coding test that asks the candidate to reverse strings, calculate a fibonacci number, or print fizzbuzz. But as you can see from these links, they're worthless questions. They don't foster conversation, ... Wrong. When done badly, as cargo cult[0][1] interviewing, then they don't foster conversation. When done well they serve as the springboard to some great conversations. Get to the "why" of the question - it's not pass/fail, it's not "tick this box and move on." It's a "starter for 10."[2][3][4] Claiming otherwise is simply demonstrating that you've missed the point. Much of the article is good, but with regards the simple tests and "pen and paper" questions, it simply misses the point. ---- [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult_science http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult_science [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult_programming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult_programming [2] http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/university-challenge http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english... [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starter_for_Ten http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starter_for_Ten [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_Challenge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_Challenge