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It's really insulting that the exact same interview steps and questions are being handed to all levels of applicants. If you want to see a different screening process that focuses on the skills you've acquired (technical and soft) and not just trivia and knowledge of one exact stack, you'd have to move on to a management or exec position. Those that stay developers will find themselves sharing their screen while literally doing FizzBuzz and reversing linked lists with 10+ years of experience on their resume.

On the flip side, it takes a huge amount of forethought to create different tests, projects, and screening practices for every position and then re-shaping for each experience level, particularly if the team is young and inexperienced; it's difficult to test for what you don't have yet.



I have no problem with a five minute check to make sure that I'm not just flat out lying when I claim to be able to code. There are a surprising amount of "senior architect" types that can talk all day but can't write very simple code.

I'm never doing another hour-long whiteboard interview again in my life however. The whole process has become so gamified now that most new entrants have practiced the exact types of questions asked hundreds of times. I'm not interesting in spending a month of my life doing that any more and I no longer need to.

The whole SAT-prep feel of the interview process now is tiresome.




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