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		edgyquant on May 27, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SQLite 3 Fiddle So algorithmic white board interviews are bad because they aren’t a measure of day to day productivity and now programming interviews are bad because reasons. How should I determine if engineers are a good fit then?

niek_pas on May 27, 2022 [–]

In my view, you should allow candidates to work on an assignment of your choosing to be handed in by a deadline you set.

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