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Why “I’d just Google it” is not an acceptable interview answer « Software++ - I have often been lectured about, if not criticized for, my interview practices. In particular, I happen to have high expectations. We make very few offers and the ones we do make are generally for very smart, senior people. I was reading this blog post and there was a particular sentence that summed up my feelings on interviews, and specifically why we ask some of the tough questions that we do. The author said, "A job interview is a competition, not a pass-fail test." and that's very true. Sure, you might not be able to tell me the difference between a hash table and a binary tree in terms of runtime complexity but another candidate can and I'm going to prefer that candidate for the job.

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Friday, June 12, 2009 by JohnFx:: Thanks for the link to my Google post. I can't tell you how many people I upset with that post who truly feel that if they show up for an interview and prove they could do the job, they should be automatically hired regardless of what other candidates I am talking to.

Links for 2009-06-11