You're saying "you shouldn't have to study for an interview because you either have the experience or you don't" and then you're equating being able to answer a trivia question with experience.
The irony is extremely rich. Being able to answer any particular question cannot measure if someone has the requisite experience. The only thing it tells you is that they can answer that question.
Your judgement of them based on your question is extremely subjective and doesn't tell you whether they "REALLY know the subject" or not. You are just testing your own biases which may yield good results, but call a spade a spade.
> When I do interviews I make sure the candidate is aware that studying will be a pointless endeavor and if I can tell your answers come from one of the interview prep books I'll end the interview early. My interviews ask questions that will tell me if you REALLY know the subject. For example if JavaScript is a requirement I'll throw this at you
How can you tell if someone had simply memorized a few pieces of JS trivia and is regurgitating it to answer your question? The code is not that complex or "totally weird".
You're saying "you shouldn't have to study for an interview because you either have the experience or you don't" and then you're equating being able to answer a trivia question with experience.
The irony is extremely rich. Being able to answer any particular question cannot measure if someone has the requisite experience. The only thing it tells you is that they can answer that question.
Your judgement of them based on your question is extremely subjective and doesn't tell you whether they "REALLY know the subject" or not. You are just testing your own biases which may yield good results, but call a spade a spade.
> When I do interviews I make sure the candidate is aware that studying will be a pointless endeavor and if I can tell your answers come from one of the interview prep books I'll end the interview early. My interviews ask questions that will tell me if you REALLY know the subject. For example if JavaScript is a requirement I'll throw this at you
How can you tell if someone had simply memorized a few pieces of JS trivia and is regurgitating it to answer your question? The code is not that complex or "totally weird".