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Discussion on: Why do developers have the toughest interviews in the world?

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John Serrao

It all depends on perspective. Your reference group for difficult job interviews is presumably big tech firms like Amazon, Google, FB, etc and probably some well funded startups. And surely they are putting everyone through the ringer because these firms have become a status symbol type of job. Think of something like college admission into the Ivy League: they do this because they can.

Dig deeper into the tech landscape and I wager you'll find exactly the opposite. Most hiring managers for large, non-tech corporations, non-profits, government, etc don't even know how to construct the job descriptions. I've seen jobs asking for 8-10 years of React experience ;) If you're savvy, you're likely the most technically capable person in the room for these interviews.