tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276667104978676221.post6967149125307103858..comments2010-09-22T10:09:04.737-07:00Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07322322127591539602noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276667104978676221.post-69012306036108693462010-09-22T10:09:04.718-07:002010-09-22T10:09:04.718-07:00I suppose this is a reply so I should treat it as such, sorry for the double post.<br /><br />@Michael, nice meeting you last night. <br /><br />With the kind of work I do, talking through a feature, how it will scale, what the architecture looks like, etc. seems to be plenty for me to figure out who is qualified. I am surprised that folks you interview talk the right language and then can&#39;t back it up, but I am well aware every industry is quite different. <br /><br />Personally if the first thing a company wants to do is give me a code test, rather than talk (so both of us can find out if we think it is a fit, culturally), then I stop the process right there. I don&#39;t think I am alone in that. Really good developers are in demand and have jobs (or don&#39;t want them) and can turn things down without an issue.<br /><br />Nothing is black and white, as I said in the post, I think code tests have a place in the hiring process, just not first place.Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07322322127591539602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276667104978676221.post-58911613609071655732010-09-22T09:58:34.879-07:002010-09-22T09:58:34.879-07:00@Michael, nice meeting you last night. <br /><br />With the kind of work I do, talking through a feature, how it will scale, what the architecture looks like, etc. seems to be plenty for me to figure out who is qualified. I am surprised that folks you interview talk the right language and then can&#39;t back it up, but I am well aware every industry is quite different. <br /><br />Personally if the first thing a company wants to do is give me a code test, rather than talk (so both of us can find out if I think it is a fit, culturally), then I stop the process right there. I don&#39;t think I am alone in that. Really good developers are in demand and have jobs (or don&#39;t want them) and can turn things down without an issue.<br /><br />Nothing is black and white, as I said in the post, I think code tests have a place in the hiring process, just not first place.Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07322322127591539602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276667104978676221.post-34087598457808185822010-09-22T06:56:22.979-07:002010-09-22T06:56:22.979-07:00FWIW, I strongly disagree. I have interviewed multiple senior candidates who can talk a good game but can&#39;t code there way out of a paper bag. Giving senior candidates a pass on coding questions is giving yourself a headache later when you have to fire them. Most developers don&#39;t have a public portfolio of any kind.Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07322322127591539602noreply@blogger.com