Technical Interview
topic on 2 shows · 4 statements across 2 episodes
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 
the Official SaaStr Podcast
4 statements about Technical Interview, every show
Burke: HubSpot runs women-only coding workshops to aid interview candidates
“As it relates to gender equality in engineering, we often saw that women were not building web apps on the side, and so when they came to talk about their real life experience in a technical interview, they were disadvantaged compared to their male peers, and …”
Bartram: Recent grads often outperform senior engineers in technical interviews
“People who are fresh out of university and boot camps actually in many cases, because they've been practicing, are better at the kind of problem that gets asked in an interview than your very senior, you know, eight, 10 years of experience at that large compan…”
Bartram: Easy interview questions predict engineering success better than hard questions
“Asking pretty easy interview questions is often more generally predictive than asking harder interview questions.”
Bartram: Past-Project Discussions Are Far Less Predictive Than Coding Tests
“We tried scoring engineers, and I had to have them talk about past projects. And scoring them and trying, like, even go, even like a full hour, like going into depth in the project, talking technical details, scoring it just talking skill. Ability to spin a ta…”