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0 pointsStavrosK8y ago0 comments

> how deep of a discussion you can have over a single line of code

That's the problem with HackerRank: You can't! Every single time I've tried one, it was a dismissive "do this on your own time and we'll check your answers".

Not to mention that their question sets tend to be full of puzzles, which are the type of thing where I'll have an epiphany over lunch, rather than something I'll figure out how to optimize in the ten minutes I have to code the solution.

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dahart8y ago

> That's the problem with HackerRank: You can't!

Agreed, this is why I give my own coding quizzes, so I can have a discussion about it. I'm more interested in the thinking than the answer.

But, I do have sections in my interview that test knowledge and not skill, so I can still see the usefulness of letting Hackerrank be a part of the process.

The one thing I don't claim is that HackerRank or coding quizzes are perfect. This is why coding quizzes are only one of maybe six phases of an interview.

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