Technical Interview: “interviewing was broken long before I learned the trade, and despite the many attempts to band-aid it, it’s still broken today”

https://steve-yegge.medium.com/the-last-technical-interview-bc13ddcf4564

A poor test. This is a fascinating discussion from a very smart person who has thought a lot about interviewing. Also … Geoworks!

“The recruiters had tricked us into reviewing our own interview packets, and we had voted not to hire most of our own group.”

I once did some medical student interviews. Same problems. It’s random