Exams and big tech interviews.

[izard]

Back in university, my friends and I had a trick when it came to exams in advanced physics and math courses: we’d try to sit exams with a postdoc or, better yet, a PhD student rather than a seasoned professor. Professors, with decades of experience, could gauge a student’s depth of understanding after just a few questions, accurately assigning

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[luxs135]

Nice trick!

[fatoff]

Most of candidates are... so not need to be a professor to evaluate or maybe your company mostly interviews capable ones? So that you can gauge them... before politely refusing to continue.

[izard]

At Apple, there was a huge number of applicants, but HR somehow managed to select only really qualified ones for technical screening.

[fatoff]

I often force politeness much much before after just trivial question e.g. std::map search complexity.