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Principles for hiring engineers (Interview)
The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Do You Really Need These Work Sample Tests?
If a measure is summarized, if a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure. The closer those proxies get to approximating the truth or the reality of what you're hiring for, it seems like the better they are. One of the really common, and i think, really broken practices is to use algorithms exercises, leacode style exercises, as proxy for programming skill. It's kind of not great for anyone who's not one with some spare room in their spare time to sit down and do work sample tests.
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