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by dmbaggett 5277 days ago
I'm sure someone knows that ratio, but not me. :)

But the puzzle process, as originally conceived, (in 2000!) was not necessarily supposed to be a hard filter. As an applicant, you had several ways to stand out, and doing a great job on a puzzle was one. Having someone who already worked for us say you were awesome was another. Being an open source superhero was another. Etc.

In actual implementation, though, it probably was/is used as a hard filter.

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In actual implementation, though, it probably was/is used as a hard filter.

It always becomes a hard filter, there is a lot of ego in development and test are an area where ego's shine through. It's my major beef with quiz exercises in interviews, they always become the hardest filter, no matter how much we try to contain them.