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0 pointsdmvdoug1y ago0 comments

You: “Coding interviews are the absolute best way to filter job candidates for a software development job.”

TFA: Coding interviews are a standard way of hiring.

Also you: “Too many people in the software development industry don’t know what they’re doing.”

The lack of cognitive dissonance is remarkable.

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mrkeen1y ago

This is not cognitive dissonance.

GP is of the opinion that coding interviews filter out people who can't code.

dmvdougOP1y ago

And they also think the industry is full of people who can’t code. Despite the industry relying on a technique that purports to weed those people out. One might conclude, then, that maybe the technique isn’t as effective after all.

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