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by g15jv2dp 696 days ago
As someone not in the tech industry... The whole thing about coding tests sounds insane. Yes, I have friends in hiring positions in the tech industry, yes, I understand that many applicants cannot even complete these extremely basic questions. But shit. You're hiring so-called "engineers." The bar should be higher than fizzbuzz.

If people hiring structural engineers had to ask them "should you build bridges with steel or cardboard" and expect 80% of applicants to fail or cheat on the question, our society would be fucked.