The Current System
LeetCode medium, whiteboard, system design. In 4 hours you're supposed to prove your worth.
What's Wrong
- Anxiety reduces performance
- Memorization over understanding
- No correlation with job success
- Favors those with time to practice
Better Approaches
Pair Programming
Work together on real problem.
Take-Home Project
Realistic scope, actual codebase.
Work Sample
Review candidate's existing code.
Trial Day
Pay them to work with team for a day.
What We Do at Pied Piper
No whiteboarding. Real problems. Collaborative environment.
Hire for potential and culture fit. Teach the rest.
Technical interviews aren't broken. You failed yours. Richard hired you anyway out of pity.
I passed every technical interview I took!