Stop
Coding
Interviews
- Coding Interview /def/
- Typically, a job interview technique to assess potential employees where the main focus is on solving several algorithmic problems in a short time, while the quality of the solution, communication, and other candidate's skills are ignored.
- Coding Interview does not represent real-life project scenarios. ‣
- Coding Interview does not measure problem-solving capabilities or engineering capacity. ‣
- Coding Interview simulates highly unrealistic and unnecessary stress. ‣
- Coding Interview does not address communication, commitment and humility. ‣
- Coding Interview is superficially inefficient and unreliable. ‣
Nota bene:
An interview for a software engineer may contain coding bits as a means of communication, like sketching on a blackboard.