Re^5: Stop with the interview questions already

I object to anyone in the process of being tested trying to cheat to get a question answered here. They're being tested on how well they already know the answer, not how well they can crowdsource it.

I conduct interviews at my company by providing an internet connected computer along with some basic programming problems. I instruct the interviewee that she/he may "google" as needed. We don't expect people to memorize the manuals. Crowd sourcing is fair game if that produces workable results.

I think this is a close analog to how programmers really work.

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Re^6: Stop with the interview questions already by psini (Deacon) on Sep 13, 2009 at 12:40 UTC
++ I strongly agree. The ability of "googling" an answer to a difficult question is a valuable (and not at all obvious) skill Rule One: "Do not act incautiously when confronting a little bald wrinkly smiling man."	[reply]
Re^6: Stop with the interview questions already by Anonymous Monk on Sep 01, 2009 at 22:48 UTC
If your only skill is crowdsourcing, you are not a programmer	[reply]
Re^7: Stop with the interview questions already by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Sep 01, 2009 at 23:02 UTC
If crowdsourcing has no value, what does that mean for the cpan? Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. RIP PCW It is as I've been saying!(Audio until 20090817)	[reply]
Re^8: Stop with the interview questions already by Anonymous Monk on Sep 02, 2009 at 03:24 UTC
Crowdscourcing has value, but if you need every line of your program crowdsourced, you are not a programmer.	[reply]
Re^9: Stop with the interview questions already by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Sep 02, 2009 at 04:07 UTC
Re^10: Stop with the interview questions already by Herkum (Parson) on Sep 03, 2009 at 20:34 UTC
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Re^10: Stop with the interview questions already by Anonymous Monk on Sep 02, 2009 at 07:44 UTC


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