[ChuckNorris89]

>Imagine in ten years if they brought in a bunch of tests you had to do to get a programmers license -

You mean like leet code, white bording and take home tests? Except that instead of being standardized/credentialized, every company has a different variation you need to study or do unpaid work, for every interview.

Yeah, good thing we don't have that kind of testing, this is so much better./s

[wolpoli]

> You mean like leet code, white bording and take home tests? Except that instead of being standardized/credentialized, every company has a different variation you need to study or do unpaid work, for every interview.

We don't test our accounting candidates on advanced accounting theories. We just trust the certification and the experience on their resume.

But we ask our developer candidates with take home tests. I wonder why. /s

[Apocryphon]

If only interviews focused on rigorous optimization knew how to optimize the process by having applicants pass part of it once, caching the result!