I recently got a new job and I have a lot of feelings on this subject.
During different tech screens, I was asked to solve Boggle, write a Scrabble scorer, calculate winning checkers moves, write a jigsaw puzzle solver, and implement a Pokemon Go algorithm. Note I'm not in the gaming industry, or anywhere near the gaming industry - most of these were B2B companies.
How are these fair tests when my day to day work is "implement a button that pops open a new panel with some settings in it"? It felt like a big part of the interviewing process was just figuring out which companies had sane hiring practices.
I am a creative, passionate, full stack web developer. I love technology! Currently I'm really into Node & React but I am very experienced in PHP, Drupal 8, accessibility, CI/CD #WomenWhoCode
Hi Sam! wow that is crazy! As someone who doesn't even play games I'd really struggle with those.
I had one today where I had to create an app, work on it for a few hours at home and then code with 2 interviewers to build upon it even more. I actually really enjoyed that part and have accepted the job :)
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I recently got a new job and I have a lot of feelings on this subject.
During different tech screens, I was asked to solve Boggle, write a Scrabble scorer, calculate winning checkers moves, write a jigsaw puzzle solver, and implement a Pokemon Go algorithm. Note I'm not in the gaming industry, or anywhere near the gaming industry - most of these were B2B companies.
How are these fair tests when my day to day work is "implement a button that pops open a new panel with some settings in it"? It felt like a big part of the interviewing process was just figuring out which companies had sane hiring practices.
Hi Sam! wow that is crazy! As someone who doesn't even play games I'd really struggle with those.
I had one today where I had to create an app, work on it for a few hours at home and then code with 2 interviewers to build upon it even more. I actually really enjoyed that part and have accepted the job :)