Simulate a mini project similar to the work done in the team and have them spend a full day working on it. See how far they get, how resourceful they are, if they ask the right questions.
Cause we have way too many fuckwads in this industry who enjoy the ego trip of asking stupid puzzles and think it is some kind of a justified hazing ritual.
(And don’t tell me I’m salty about it. I have yet to take an interview that didn’t result in an offer in 25 years, worked at Microsoft, Google and Amazon among others, plenty more offers, so I’m not hating cause I’m not good at it. I’m great at it. It’s just pure shit at identifying good, much less great, engineers.)
Yeah but no. They aren’t necessary at all for equality. Whatever that means. Been interviewing for 20 years and a bar raiser for many of these without them. Doing just fine.
The old system was some racist MF in a suit with an MBA hiring you because he liked your answer to "tell me about a time when you overcame adversity" and because you went to his Ivy League alma mater and your dad is his friend. LC is much better than that.
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as a result, only those who have seen the projects can pass the interviews.
This has been already happening at companies that reuse the same problems.
(And don’t tell me I’m salty about it. I have yet to take an interview that didn’t result in an offer in 25 years, worked at Microsoft, Google and Amazon among others, plenty more offers, so I’m not hating cause I’m not good at it. I’m great at it. It’s just pure shit at identifying good, much less great, engineers.)
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more importantly Stripe won't be able to hire actual problem solvers.