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Re^2: Evil Interview Questions

by kyle (Abbot)
on Feb 10, 2008 at 06:15 UTC ( [id://667234]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Evil Interview Questions
in thread Evil Interview Questions

...but on the other hand I want to give exceptional candidates a chance to stand out.

This reminds me of an assessment technique I faced in high school once. A teacher from another school would come to the student and begin asking questions. At first, they were simple, and they'd gradually become more difficult. Once the teacher found the student's limit, the teacher would walk the questions back again. From the student's perspective, only one or two questions were too hard to answer, and they got to finish well. I could see using this method for technical assessment, but I'd have to have more questions available than I'd normally use.

I've had the "write code that does..." questions in interviews, and I've enjoyed them. I really like the code review method that you present also.

Thanks for your comments.

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Re^3: Evil Interview Questions
by Nkuvu (Priest) on Feb 11, 2008 at 18:03 UTC

    I've had the "write code that does..." questions in interviews, and I've enjoyed them.

    Personally I've been through one interview with "write code that does..." and I really disliked it. But in part that was due to the fact that I was given a pen and paper (yep, pen, no erasing here). I don't write code on paper.

    I was able to get a snippet of code that would work, but I write slowly -- especially if I'm trying to write legibly. So the whole thing made me uneasy and very self-conscious for the rest of the interview. If I'd been given a computer to type up the code (even a computer with nothing but Notepad) it would have alleviated a lot of anxiety. But maybe that's just me.

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