[bonzoq]

I don't agree that testing algoritmic skills shows 'a lack of competence in the interviewing process'. Quite the opposite, but I respect your right to have this opinion so let's leave this aside.

On the other hand though, publicly calling a company 'stupid' because one does not like the way they recruit employees is more than a punch below the belt. If I don't like someone's recruitment process I don't apply for a job with them, but don't go to Hacker News and call them 'stupid'.

[bonzoq]

It would be cool to know why the downvotes.

[CJefferson]

I didn't downvote you, but seeing as the whole point of this company seems to be to hire good coders, if one thinks their method of ranking coders is stupid, so is their whole company.

[it_learnses]

Why not? How else would the next guy know not to apply for them? If I had known this before, I wouldn't have wasted my time with them in the first place.