Hacker News with Generative AI: Job Interviews

Silly job interview questions in Haskell (chrispenner.ca)
Today I thought it'd be fun to take a look at a few common & simple "interview questions" in Haskell. These sorts of questions are often used to establish whether someone has programming and problem solving skills, and I thought it might be useful for folks to see how they play out in Haskell since our beloved language's solutions tend to follow a different paradigm than most other languages do.

Programming, Haskell, Job Interviews

75 points by behnamoh 15 hours ago | 62 comments

Ask HN: How do you talk about past jobs you regret in interviews? (ycombinator.com)
I'm currently interviewing for new roles and while I did do some pretty cool work in my last role, I really struggle to talk about any of it in a remotely positive away. It's a period of my life where I was mostly unhappy and the endless arbitrary deadlines only compounded it, resulting in me staying there for several years too long just from feeling too busy to look at alternatives.

Job Interviews, Career Advice, Professional Development, Regret

92 points by newacc250218 37 days ago | 111 comments

Ask HN: What is interviewing like now with everyone using AI? (ycombinator.com)
Have you gone back to in-person whiteboards? More focus on practical problems? I really have no idea how the traditional tech interview is supposed to work now when problems are trivially solvable by GPT.

AI, Hiring, Job Interviews, Software Engineering

535 points by ramesh31 110 days ago | 710 comments

It is humiliating to have to do LeetCode grinding for (twitter.com)

Programming, Job Interviews, Software Engineering

30 points by bilsbie 176 days ago | 122 comments

Please stop the coding challenges (bearblog.dev)
Let’s talk about tech interviews – specifically, the ones that go overboard with unrealistic coding assignments. If you’re a developer who’s been asked to debug legacy PHP or build a mini-app from scratch in just a few hours, you know what I’m talking about. It’s becoming a trend, and it’s not helping anyone.

Software Engineering, Job Interviews, Tech Industry

261 points by CrazyEmi 189 days ago | 478 comments

Unravelling the Golden Interview Question: "Tell Me About Yourself" (2023) (medium.com)
Many hiring managers claim that they know whether a candidate is a good fit for a role within the first 5 minutes of an interview. It takes me bit longer than that, but more than one candidate has run aground trying to navigate the first question I ask in every single interview I conduct.

Job Interviews, Hiring Practices, Communication Skills

5 points by mooreds 209 days ago | 0 comments

Coding Interviews: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why It Matters (github.com)
The relationship between technical interviews and real-world performance remains one of the most debated topics in software engineering recruitment.

Software Engineering, Recruiting, Job Interviews, Programming

11 points by jonotime 210 days ago | 6 comments

What was the most intriguing question you were asked during an interview? (ycombinator.com)

Job Interviews, Careers, Personal Experience

6 points by pervysage 265 days ago | 9 comments

Why giving feedback (whether it's good or bad) will help you hire (interviewing.io)

Feedback, Hiring, Job Interviews

10 points by stephenbez 276 days ago | 2 comments

Never ask a candidate to rate themselves out of 10 (think-twice.me)

Hiring Practices, Job Interviews, Software Engineering

30 points by zug_zug 319 days ago | 75 comments

Let's Stop Asking "Why Do You Want to Work for Us?" In Interviews (nelson.cloud)