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| Codility - Automated tests of programming skills (codility.com) | ||
| recommended by 1 user | 2010 | 71 points by grk | hiring | original thread | | ||
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| patio11 Feb 22, 2010 | on: The Non-Programming Programmer | context |
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| recommended by 4 users | 2009 | mechanical_fish on: Why Your Startup Shouldn't Copy 37signals or Fog Creek | original thread | | ||
| 2. | “Seems really pricey for a relatively simple software like this.” (comment) | |
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| 3. | “I have dealt with this law in depth, from every angle, from its inception in 1986” (comment) | |
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This is why I think that Codility (covered on HN earlier here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1039140 ) is such an amazing idea. You can administer a web-based company-appropriate FizzBuzz for rounding error next to the cost of doing an interview or (worse) hiring someone who can't do FizzBuzz.
Incidentally, if you think Java programmers who can't figure out how to count the number of occurrences of the letter "a" in the string "Java java java" are bad, you should see how many interpretations of "advanced oral and written Japanese proficiency" we've had. Oh boy. Let's hypothetically say you're a recruiting company and you get a candidate as far as our door without disclosing that their exposure to Japanese is, I kid you not, "I loved watching Kenshin in high school" -- we will not be doing business with you again. Hopefully ever.