An invisible desktop application that will help you pass technical interviews

I do agree, however from my experience some folk smart enough to build this kind of system will struggle in an interview situation. Maybe rather than outright cheating, this could be more of a leg-up for those who find interviews difficult. Still wouldn't use it myself.

Re: An invisible desktop application that will help you pass technical interviews

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Post by mog_dev » Sat, Dec 07, 2024, 9:24 AM UTC

thesaintlives wrote: post #3

So cheat to get a job then get fired when they see you are useless? Genius..

Technical interviews are useless and its normal that their victims fight back

Re: An invisible desktop application that will help you pass technical interviews

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Post by davedx » Sat, Dec 07, 2024, 9:24 AM UTC

Feels like in some sections of the US like big tech, the talent vetting process has evolved into some adversarial battle of attrition where the idea is to grind down the pool of candidates until only a few are left rather than find some potential new colleagues. Tools like this have emerged as a direct response to that process.

What a bizarre way to begin a working relationship.

Re: An invisible desktop application that will help you pass technical interviews

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Post by cynicalsecurity » Sat, Dec 07, 2024, 9:28 AM UTC

thesaintlives wrote: post #3

So cheat to get a job then get fired when they see you are useless? Genius..

The recruitment process is broken.

Re: An invisible desktop application that will help you pass technical interviews

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Post by tjpnz » Sat, Dec 07, 2024, 9:29 AM UTC

thesaintlives wrote: post #3

So cheat to get a job then get fired when they see you are useless? Genius..

In tech? Unless you really are useless you'll be more likely to coast.

Re: An invisible desktop application that will help you pass technical interviews

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Post by vanhakoira » Sat, Dec 07, 2024, 9:29 AM UTC

mog_dev wrote: post #5

thesaintlives wrote: post #3

So cheat to get a job then get fired when they see you are useless? Genius..

Technical interviews are useless and its normal that their victims fight back

I heavily disagree with this. Technical interviews are great if done correctly.

Or do you think that technical interviews hold such trait that is always present, that you can label all of them useless?

Re: An invisible desktop application that will help you pass technical interviews

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Post by colinb » Sat, Dec 07, 2024, 9:33 AM UTC

I’m reasonably certain that I interviewed someone using this or something like it in the last few days.

Lots of eye scanning while looking above the window they’d been typing into. Pauses. Big pastes. One of my excellent colleagues noticed that the candidate made use of exciting C++ casts before ever defining the variable’s types. Complete inability to explain or debug the code just written.

So. Frustrating in two dimensions. First a waste of time for everyone. Second, occasional signs of real ability make me think the candidate might’ve made it work honestly. The fool.

This, and this alone, makes me pine for in-person interviews. But I suspect those won’t be back for some time. (For good reasons that are out of scope here.)