Kurumo (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} angrauko) wrote,@ 2008-12-17 14:47:00 |
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| Current location: | At work |
Observations on interviewing:
- over 3/4 of all candidates with C/C++ on the resume cannot reverse a linked list in those languages (in place)
- over 1/3 cannot do it in principle, in any language or by any method, with multiple tries
- over 1/2 have no concept of how to reverse digits in a number without converting the said number to a string
- the above holds regardless of the degree; if anything, Masters in Computer Science do worse on average. (I regard MS as a red flag at this point).
- candidates who declare Java as their preferred programming language in general have a weaker grasp of algorithms and little to no idea of architecture
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