[paulie_a]

If the candidate was verifiably a NASA engineer the person half assed it probably just didn't care. I'm surprised that person just didnt respond with a very intricate set of functions that resulted in a middle finger. That's honestly insulting to use that as a test for a senior. Clearly there was no vetting process prior to a coding evaluation and the hiring process needs a lot of work.

[monocasa]

They worked for one of NASA's contractors, not NASA itself.

Have you been involved in the hiring process? Most of the people actively looking for work don't have a job for a reason. It's not 'insulting' to see if you can even vaguely do the job in an interview.

There's only so much vetting you can do before the 'can you vaguely code your way out of a wet paper bag' step.

Also: you didnt used to work in Boulder recently, did you?

[paulie_a]

Yes I have been involved in that process at multiple companies. If they were in for an actual onsite interview the only thing I cared about was how they effectively they communicate and their thought process to a problem. Vetting isn't hard, the phone screen should have already done that well before a single line of code is written.

No I have never worked in Boulder.

[monocasa]

You literally can't tell until they write code. Having done hundreds of interviews, that's the clearest take away I have.

The candidates you're trying to avoid are really good at passing a phone screen since they have a lot of experience at it, constantly looking for jobs.

[paulie_a]

You literally can tell by asking a couple questions and letting them run on. You can smell bullshit over the phone pretty quickly.