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by uzair88 5417 days ago
Hi mtogo,

The way I see it, the purpose of Interviewstreet is to provide a platform for skilled hackers to score tremendous opportunities without having to go through pre-screen interviews. A lot of these pre-screen interviews and traditional selection processes are based on check-lists, school grades, etc.

The intention here doesn't appear to be the solving of ridiculous puzzles all day in the hopes of finding a job. In fact, I think the aim is to remove jumping unnecessary hoops and give the hacker a chance to display his technical prowess up front - after all, that's their strongest suit!

This is my understanding of the site, maybe Vivek can shed some light here.