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Interview Coder is an invisible AI for technical interviews

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Re: Interview Coder is an invisible AI for technical interviews

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Post by tempodox »

iamdbtoo wrote: post #18
sbuttgereit wrote: post #6

So, am I missing something? Is this just a tool allowing job candidates to commit fraud? I'm no lawyer, so I'm not sure this would rise to the level of actual legal fraud, but moral fraud at the very least is what I think I'm seeing. EDIT: Now I see it at the bottom of the page... "Interview Coder is a desktop app designed to help job seekers ace technical interviews by providing real-time assistance with coding ques…

Or maybe it's defensive against an industry who has developed ridiculous hiring practices.

If their hiring practice is that ridiculous, that means the company has been warped by an unreasonable amount of bureaucracy. Why would anyone want to work for such a company anyway?

Re: Interview Coder is an invisible AI for technical interviews

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Post by sbuttgereit »

grakasja wrote: post #48
sbuttgereit wrote: post #6

So, am I missing something? Is this just a tool allowing job candidates to commit fraud? I'm no lawyer, so I'm not sure this would rise to the level of actual legal fraud, but moral fraud at the very least is what I think I'm seeing. EDIT: Now I see it at the bottom of the page... "Interview Coder is a desktop app designed to help job seekers ace technical interviews by providing real-time assistance with coding ques…

Pretty much every company I've applied to or worked at commits both legal and moral fraud against its employees and applicants, on an industrial scale. They've also created a broken interview process that punishes honesty and forces applicants to find creative solutions. So personally I see no moral fraud here.

Really... so two "wrongs" really do make a "right".

So when an employer sees many employees and candidates work the system like this, then they are also right to say, "pretty much every employee we've hired or candidate we've spoken with tries to dishonestly game the system and deals with us in bad faith, so we're justified in screwing with them any way we please. No moral fraud here: we're just doing onto those as those would do onto us."

Well, great... you've defined a level playing field that's working as optimally as it can and without any moral blame at all.

Re: Interview Coder is an invisible AI for technical interviews

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Post by poincaredisk »

iamdbtoo wrote: post #28
poincaredisk wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is pure coping mechanism to explain to oneself that fraud is ok. Talk or read interviews with people sentences for fraud, they will all explain to you why it was in fact morally ok for them to do what they did.

And you can say the same for employers that exploit their workers. No one is the villain in their own story.

I agree, but I don't see the connection. Asking people to do unreasonable hiring exercises is not exploiting.

Re: Interview Coder is an invisible AI for technical interviews

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Post by koliber »

When doing a tech interview, watch the person’s eyes. Pay attention to the pacing of their answers.

If they seem to be reading intently, that’s a flag. If their answers are fluffy and vague and then get very specific, that’s a flag.

Tools like this might not show up on shared screens, but people who use them behave unnaturally. It’s pretty obvious if you know what to look for.

I’ve been doing dozens of technical interviews per month and it’s pretty clear when the person is Googling answers or using some ai tool.

Re: Interview Coder is an invisible AI for technical interviews

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Post by the_real_cher »

colesantiago wrote: post #9
the_real_cher wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I like leetcode easys for job interviews because it shows you know how to actually code. Many applicants cant even do fizz buzz.

And now they can do fizz buzz with AI, Cursor, Copilot, etc. If you want to filter out these candidates, bounties are the way here and in person interviews. Leetcode can't help you here.

I wouldn't want someone in my code base vibe coding features with AI, who doesn't know how to do fizz buzz.

Re: Interview Coder is an invisible AI for technical interviews

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Post by bilsbie »

I think this is a cool idea:

It’s a platform where referrals can register and then they put some money on the line. Say $20.

When an employer calls my referrals through the platform if I end up getting fired in the first six month the people that referred me lose their money (and reputation). If I stay on they get paid that amount of money.

Feel free to tweak the idea but I think it would be great to hire based on referrals in a trustable way.

Re: Interview Coder is an invisible AI for technical interviews

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Post by the_real_cher »

raverbashing wrote: post #37
the_real_cher wrote: post #3

this is great because it's just going to bring back in office interviews and hopefully any tests are in person as well

Great for whom? Travel agents?

people who value quality code bases and quality candidates

Re: Interview Coder is an invisible AI for technical interviews

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Post by tempodox »

sbuttgereit wrote: post #6

So, am I missing something? Is this just a tool allowing job candidates to commit fraud? I'm no lawyer, so I'm not sure this would rise to the level of actual legal fraud, but moral fraud at the very least is what I think I'm seeing. EDIT: Now I see it at the bottom of the page... "Interview Coder is a desktop app designed to help job seekers ace technical interviews by providing real-time assistance with coding ques…

You're not wrong, but you're overlooking the cultural normalcy. When you have something to sell, you're allowed to lie until you're blue in the face and nobody even blinks. But when applicants merely demonstrate how well they understood and internalized that state of affairs, it's fraud. None of this is OK in my book but it's hypocritical to single out job applicants when the whole culture is like that.

Re: Interview Coder is an invisible AI for technical interviews

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Post by yjftsjthsd-h »

bilsbie wrote: post #66

I think this is a cool idea: It’s a platform where referrals can register and then they put some money on the line. Say $20. When an employer calls my referrals through the platform if I end up getting fired in the first six month the people that referred me lose their money (and reputation). If I stay on they get paid that amount of money. Feel free to tweak the idea but I think it would be great to hire based on re…

And why would I pay to refer someone? If a company suggested that I'd assume it was a scam, and even if they were well established I don't see an incentive that isn't worse.
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