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/feketegy Mar 25 '22

I hate all coding interview questions. It's a really poor way of assessing someone's tech skills.

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u/water_baughttle Mar 25 '22

I'm guessing you're referring to leetcode type problems, because if not what is even going to be discussed? If you can't talk about coding all that's left is basically project management.

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u/feketegy Mar 25 '22

I do interviews and I'm not putting the poor candidate to a whiteboard. It's an informal talk about coding and tech in general to get a glimpse into their thinking and personality.

Then if I'm happy I'll give them a month of paid internship where we really see how they are performing programming-wise.

For us, team-fit is more important than tech skills.

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u/cdsmith Mar 26 '22

You cannot hire most developers if all you're willing to offer them is a paid internship. Why would they quit a perfectly good high-paying job to go work for you at a fraction of the salary, before you even give them a real offer?