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Software Developer Interviews Are Garbage (blarg.ca)
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[-] mark@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

I often wonder if FAANG's determination to find who can write the best algorithms backfires, and may be the reason a lot of the work they produce seems so over-engineered.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 years ago

When your interview processes selects for people who like puzzles then you end up with people writing clever code that looks like a puzzle.

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