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by clarry 2414 days ago
> I'd just like to add that is easier to compare candidates

But you might just be comparing one's ability to feign smarts versus another's ability to work out a problem from first principles. Comparing apples to oranges might be easy but the results may or may not be that useful.

This remains one of my favorite ancedotes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17106291