] coding is hard. coding while a potential future employer is scowling over your shoulder and murmuring inaudibly makes the process incalcuably harder.
So, allow me to tell you why we all should join the chorus calling for the death of the modern technical interrogation.
] It's not a good indicator of technical ability
in what possible high-pressure situation will you ever be expected to solve an obscure data structures problem on a whiteboard. With no syntax checking or debugger. In front of three scrutinizing neck-beards. Answer: Never.
] solutions to seperate the Michael Jordans of coding from the not Michael Jordans
github profile -
programming project -
] It's unpleasant for all involved
a bad tech interview is bad for both sides -
] Questions are hard to craft? Questions are hard to craft.
questions need to be tailored to the candidate being interview