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points by rbbydotdev 2 days ago | 0 comments
leetcodes as much as we dont like them. could help to reduce bias. you either pass or fail them at the very least. now too much is being left to hand waving, interpretations can be charitable on the mood of the interviewer, or the opposite.

One could even think of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungry_judge_effect

Although I do appreciate, giving green minds the chance, I cannot help but think hiring managers will read into "A Little Bit of Slope Makes Up For a Lot of Y-Intercept" as an excuse for ageism. Which the industry is already pretty rife with.

[–] dijit 2 days ago
The issue that most people bring up is that it optimises for people with free time who can work on these things out of hours.

The same arguments are made against take-home tests.

Personally I'm not sure we can do anything really except try to make ourselves excellent judges of character when interviewing... because people will optimise for the interview if they know what's coming.

[–] mailund 2 days ago
> The issue that most people bring up is that it optimises for people with free time who can work on these things out of hours.

yeah, I'm currently trying to improve my ADS skills that have atrophied since I graduated, but it is just so incredibly much harder as an adult with responsibilities, work and hobbies than it was back when I had a bunch of time to go deep into all different programming subjects. By the rate I am going now, it's going to take multiple years to get to where I want to, without sacrificing more than I can of relationships, sleep, health, or other responsibilities

[–] throwaway423342 2 days ago
No one’s time is free though. Whiteboard coding was imo more fair, less biased, and signal rich. AI does change the equation a bit now.