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Engineering careeer advice: Take every chance you have to interview potential candidates. Help with interview prep. You’ll learn how to gauge the skill of others as well as your own skills. You’ll re-learn concepts you’ve forgotten and learn new concepts - that you should know to perform at a higher level. You’ll learn to appreciate really smart people, and what level of social intelligence/charisma is necessary do fit well within a roll. You’ll learn how important breaking out of your regular day-to-day is for growth.

I've read or heard that while technical skills can be learned and refined, the focus during hiring should also be on a candidate’s personality and their approach to tackling tasks. From my own experience, when I encounter challenges with technical tasks, I know I can find solutions through resources like ChatGPT or Stack Overflow. However, what truly drives success is the mindset and positive attitude that underpin my approach to problem-solving. This mentality is often the core foundation for completing any task effectively.

Coding interview should be a snippet of the work that you are expected to do i.e., implement an api call or solve a toy problem. Interviewees should have access to all tools they would while working - google, stack overflow, chatgpt etc. Solving some absurd DSA problem without using the internet tells nothing.

How you think to solve problems is not useful for interviews A customer doesn't care how we think to build a product or how we build it. They care about the outcome. I don't care how you think–I'm not a psychologist. I only care that you can think through a problem. The "explain out loud" part of a DSA interview is, for me, the most stressful part. For a new problem, my brain does not think in linear steps. So, to stop thinking just to organize my thought process into sentences slows me down considerably. It interrupts my actual thought process. I'd say the non-linear thinking is an advantage that allows me to jump in and solve problems that have blocked others for days. Having to step through something linearly undermines that ability. Doing so doesn't indicate how I actually solve problems. If I can sit down with a problem and take my time to solve it, I can truly understand it. Then, I can explain it to others in a way that makes sense to them. Solving problems, then explaining how, in simpler terms, is a large part of my job, mentoring others, and posting on LinkedIn. Solving problems while simultaneously explaining how is not part of my job.

Often these coding exercises are based on things like fundamental programming too. Someone who has 10+ years experience, and good tenure at a reputable business where they can show examples of their work and impact made in my opinion, does not need to be put through the wringer. I belive coding exercises are appropriate for early career Engineers / Developers but why do companies insist on running these assignments/tests for seasoned professionals? To all the Heads of, and CTOs in my network, please share your reasoning... #coding #assignments #hiring