hiring-without-whiteboards

Interesting. Sounds like you and other HN commentators from firms that interview better than the industry Leetcode convention oughta be on one of those workplace lists on GitHub (like this one: https://github.com/poteto/hiring-without-whiteboards) for applicants who want to go through a more interesting process.

Here is an allowlist: https://github.com/poteto/hiring-without-whiteboards

You sound pretty cool and useful to companies that get it. My suggestion is to find ways to present on some of the things you’ve done. Then you can point to the presentation video/slides, plus you’ll probably receive inbound inquiries from companies that could actually use creative thinking and building. The take home exercise/work sample companies are out there. Here’s a list I helped contribute to. https://github.com/poteto/hiring-without-whiteboards

I always remember this old blog post: https://aneccodeal.blogspot.com/2014/02/interviewing-for-anx... I haven't done a whiteboarding interview for a while, but I remember them vividly. Hot flashes, sweating, stomach churning, anytime I'd be asked a question I am definitely capable of answering, my brain would shut down and refuse to start back up again. The most apt thing I could compare it to is stage fright. Even something like simply multiplying 2's would seem impossible to me in that state of mind. Aside from seeking professional help for dealing with anxiety, I'd recommend programmers with anxiety to avoid whiteboarding interviews [1] or at the very least let it be known ahead of time that you get stage fright. [1] https://github.com/poteto/hiring-without-whiteboards

That resonates. Me too! Here's Pew's Janna Anderson in 2015: "Algorithms are taking over much of the human work of hiring humans. And, unless they are programmed to seek out currently undervalued and difficult-to-track factors, they may tend to find that the more robot-like a human is the best she or he will be at doing most jobs. So, it could be that the robots are most likely to hire the most robotic humans." https://medium.com/@jannaq/the-robot-takeover-is-already-her... I find the whole gamified system to be bizarre and disheartening no matter which side of the table you're on. To me, looking at modern tech interviewing is like comparing the gold standard OCEAN and the emergent HEXACO in personality surveys. Take the former on a bad day and it may leave the test taker feeling bad about themselves. The latter, much kinder and gent

You might find this helpful https://github.com/poteto/hiring-without-whiteboards

Maybe you'll find this useful, I think I saw it elsewhere in this thread and bookmarked it https://github.com/poteto/hiring-without-whiteboards

There is a simple solution to this, but it is one that many in similar situations will refuse to even look at: Lower your standards, and start looking at "lesser" companies that don't follow the same leetcode-style interviews. They will pay less. You may have to relocate. But that's life. If you can't leverage your network to forego these types of technical interviews, you're pretty much stuck with two options: A) Learn and master the process. B) Start looking for work elsewhere. If you want to earn big bucks working for the selective few, then you need to choose A. If you can't hack that, go with B. Here's a list, which may or may not be up to date: https://github.com/poteto/hiring-without-whiteboards The absolute first priority should be to be employed, and earn money to support yourself/your family. Spending 12 months to "perfect" Leet

> Did not get an offer because I was not strong enough candidate I was laid off last year and went to interview at an adjacent employer. They had a bunch of employees (not only engineers) hired from the company that was laying me off. One of which had previously walked out the door with a bunch of code to form their own startup; they were hired as a staff engineer. That employee frequently reached out to me for advice and guidance on writing the piece of code that they made off with. I flunked their cargo-culting hiring process hard. I knew I should have walked out of the interview the minute they put fucking Leetcode in front of me, but didn't. Moral of the story: your interview success has little to do with your experience and aptitude as an engineer. Here's a list of shops where you might find more success: https://github.com/poteto/hi

I spent half a year doing l33tcode tests, then I realized there are more than a few companies that don't use this method for interviewing. https://github.com/poteto/hiring-without-whiteboards I'm not saying you have to use this list tho, just making a point.

I am not sure if the list below helps. https://github.com/poteto/hiring-without-whiteboards