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by burnallofit
2662 days ago
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Depends on the experience level of the interviewee. If they are fresh out of school I expect them to know algorithms and data structures and maybe some specific topic they studied at an advanced level (like compilers, db, graphics, etc). If they are 5-10 years into a career, they should have a lot of knowledge about whatever it is they've been doing. If someone says they have 5 years of Android programming, I'm going to ask them a lot of Android API questions as well as Java. In either case, there are questions that have multiple difficulties of responses. The more experienced/capable they are, the more nuanced and complete their answers will be. For example, ask a Java person how GC actually works. Most people have very little idea, but the best talent knows a good bit more. But there are other variables. I've known perfectly intelligent and productive coders who took months to build a really complex well architected system that didn't solve the business problem and hence were a bad hire. |
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That's an interesting statement. Isn't it usually the job of product managers (or someone in management) to determine whether or not what's being done is actually wanted? It is not typical for developers to be brought on under the broad banner of "make us money please" and then set loose to email users and determine 100% of their own direction. Wouldn't the fact that the wrong program was being built have been caught in an informal "let me see how it's going" sort of status update?