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[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is on the easier end of the scale to be sure, but as someone who's interviewed candidates with similar questions, it eliminates a surprising number of people...

My theory is that modern coding bootcamps stuff their students full of buzzwords instead of letting them learn the basics

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I find the experience of the applicants to be hilarious lies.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Which shouldn't be surprising. The company I was interviewing at only feed me the top ~1% of CVs to interview... Of course half of them were stuffed with bullshit

[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yeah, this is the problem. Someone who has legitimately built a basic application or website from scratch may know everything you need, but HR will filter it out.

They don't really understand what they are looking for, so someone who says they are an AI Researcher with 8 years of experience in the language "Zendaya" and work experience at five moon rocket startups will be at the top of the pile.

Companies need to beef up their training programs so they can literally take in whoever and teach them what they need to know. Forget trying to get the top people. Just take the first 20 who can make it through an interview without drooling on the floor. You will probably get at least 9 ok developers and 1 good one.