technical interview

also referred to as: technical interviews

3 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 17, 2017 by Ammon Bartram · across every show →

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May 17, 2017
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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…”
Ammon Bartram May 17, 2017 ▶ 7:37 Hiring Engineers with Ammon Bartram · Y Combinator
May 17, 2017 negative
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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…”
Ammon Bartram May 17, 2017 ▶ 36:37 Hiring Engineers with Ammon Bartram · Y Combinator
May 17, 2017 positive
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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.”
Ammon Bartram May 17, 2017 ▶ 15:34 Hiring Engineers with Ammon Bartram · Y Combinator
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