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by m_m_carvalho 8 days ago
As a former IT instructor, I've seen students who performed brilliantly in exams and interviews but struggled when faced with real-world ambiguity.

I've also seen quieter people who were average in interviews become excellent builders once they had a real problem to solve.

Interviews are useful, but the ability to ship, maintain and improve real projects should probably carry more weight.

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> Interviews are useful, but the ability to ship, maintain and improve real projects should probably carry more weight.

But how do you assess this? Maybe we should get them to write a document that details what they've done, and then invite them to a conversation to discuss it.

Oh wait...