On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Uri Guttman <u...@stemsystems.com> wrote: > maybe i overstepped in calling that a serious coder filter. i would never > just use that determining a skilled coder. it could be useful to filter out > the total losers. i speak to hiring managers all the time and they give out > similar tests just to filter out the losers.
There seems to be some evidence that even trivial problems are a good way of filtering, http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2010/02/the-nonprogramming-programmer.html (and neighboring posts) is an interesting & entertaining (& slightly disturbing) read. I can't imagine scheduling an in-person interview without a phone screen and ideally a github link beforehand. Paul