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bjournetoday at 4:29 PM1 replyview on HN

The only test that has worked 100% of the time for me is to read the candidate's code. Two hours is enough to precisely estimate the candidate's qualities as a software developer. I never understood why companies waste time with tests and quizzes because since it is so easy for me it should be just as easy for other software developers too. Of course, a candidate may be a jerk or unfit for other reasons, but ranking them on a software developer hot-or-not scale is not very difficult.


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noprocrastedtoday at 4:38 PM

Just like they'll send you an LLM'd resume, they will send you LLM'd code.

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