Re: Skill Testing

The excerpt I included seemed clear that their assessment process was multi
step and if the presentation layer was in some way(s) relevant it would be
assessed as a separate process. First they wanted to ensure those with good
coding skills actually made it to that step.

As far as copying solutions I see two things. In order for that to work the
candidates have to be competent enough to recognize the correct solution
when they trip over it. And they are satisfied enough with the results of
what they are doing to publish an article about it.

Elsewhere in the article they mention that their development shop is now
half female since making the changes covered in the article. That includes,
first, making sure they have the right opportunity to demonstrate their
basic technical skills so they can get through to the rest.

                 ...ken...


On Tue, Apr 2, 2019, 4:28 PM Marty Halvorson <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ken Ganshirt wrote on Tue, 2 Apr 2019:
>
> > but In my opinion would work well for hiring regardless of gender,
> colour, or whatever, for all the reasons mentioned in this excerpt.
> > Will they look at developer sites such as Stack Overflow? Will they
> google how to figure it out? Of course they will. But guess what, when
> they?re assigned that in real life, there?s a high probability they?ll do
> the same thing.
> > It?s not that the quality of female candidates is better or worse, it?s
> that the presentation layer is different, and our old process tested for
> the wrong things.
>
> I agree with the premise.  However, it's also an invitation to find
> existing code, that someone else wrote, and submit that.
>
> I don't know how to compensate for that.
>
> I got every job I interviewed for.  Perhaps that demonstrates my
> presentation skills better than my coding skills.  But, to me,
> presentation is nearly as important as ability to write code because
> whatever is written has to be explained to someone else. If no no other
> reason than passing the code off to a maintenance coder.  Doubly so if
> you're the lead.
>
> Peace,
> Marty Halvorson
>
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