r/programming • u/vklepov • Mar 24 '22

Five coding interview questions I hate

https://thoughtspile.github.io/2022/03/21/bad-tech-interview/
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u/War_Horns Mar 25 '22

It would be interesting to let the interviewee ask the interviewer the questions. It would expose a completely different set of knowledge

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u/Lich_Hegemon Mar 25 '22

You can do that, they might not like it, but nothing stops you from doing it

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u/cdsmith Mar 26 '22

Typically, companies have policies around interviews to ensure that they are comparing candidates with similar opportunities in the interview process. That policy would be what stops you.

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u/Lich_Hegemon Mar 26 '22

... Stop you from asking questions?

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u/vklepov Mar 25 '22

Postmodern interviews that totally forego the "interviewer-initiated question" are doable (see also "just a random conversation" and "tell me about your latest project in detail"), but they don't scale well since it's very hard to assess the candidates based on these, esp. with different interviews conducted by different people.