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0 pointsgreggman34y ago0 comments

From 1983 to 2008 my interviews were basically, talk to some one who's doing the hiring. No testing. Get hired. Most of those companies were relatively small. All but 2 were under 50 people. Only 1 of the 12 or so even asked any technical questions to see if I knew anything.

Also, none of them were specialized. No one asked are you a Front End Programmer? Back End Programmer? UI Programmer? Graphics Programmer? etc... It was just "programmer", do whatever is programmers do.

That part today I really dislike. The teams have gotten giant and you often have to choose some speciality position.

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icedchai4y ago

I also noticed this same pattern. Until roughly 2008 - 2010 or so, interviews were a much more informal style. You'd meet the team, get asked some basic technical questions, they'd take you to lunch, etc. If you had some sort of recommendation (inside referral) it was even more informal.

2010-ish is when I first encountered the "code on a whiteboard", and later "code in a shared doc" style of interview. One was basically 5 hours non-stop. Pure hell.

geeky4qwerty4y ago

Funny enough the last job I applied for was in 2006

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