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rhombocombus
·7 yıl önce·discuss
I simply can't get behind the idea that having someone whiteboard an algorithm is analogous to either their programming skill or their ability to work within a company. I spend a minuscule fraction of my time writing algorithms in my daily practice, most of my time is spent integrating disparate technologies, data wrangling, and working across teams to get the information I need to make our product. Clearly there needs to be some vetting of someone's skill, but problem solving and troubleshooting are way more valued skills in my group than the ability to write a fibonacci sequence on the whiteboard. I have had far better success asking questions around diagnostic process and troubleshooting to find talented devs than I ever did using whiteboard like tests.
rhombocombus
·7 yıl önce·discuss
While I agree with you conceptually, as a daily DataStage/InfoSphere user, there are plenty of buggy IBM products. I do think a general problem solving test is way more useful for vetting candidates than some stupid algo whiteboard assessment, and my company has been using something like that to great effect to recruit jr devs.