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by scarface74 3518 days ago
I have a coworker that said he basically walked out of an interview that asked him to write three different sort algorithms on the board - he was applying for your standard enterprise developer.

I agree with him. I'm not applying for a code monkey position. I'm applying for a senior software Engineer or architect. Someone who can use modern tools and create solutions.

I had two coding tests during my last round of interviews. One on a computer onsite where the interviewers left me alone with a computer and IDE and permission to use Google and the other a coding problem I had a week to complete, turn in on github, and the second part of the interview was going to be a code review.

I found both to be acceptable and relevant.