Google’s Area 120 launches Byteboard to improve technical interviews(techcrunch.com)
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Google’s Area 120 launches Byteboard to improve technical interviews
https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/17/googles-area-120-launches-byteboard-to-improve-technical-interviews/
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Disclaimer: I am google employee, all opinions expressed are my own.
Really excited to see interview platforms focus on time-constrained, mini-projects. I also like the idea that there is an element of choice for the applicant as well as potential employer -- having a one-size fits all interview approach for different disciplines never made sense to me even if everyone in the company is as "generalist" as they can be. I got to see the Byteboard team put together this platform and I've been really impressed at the passion involved in creating this product -- the team really put their hearts into making something accessible and efficient that looks to respect both parties time during the interview process.
Really excited to see interview platforms focus on time-constrained, mini-projects. I also like the idea that there is an element of choice for the applicant as well as potential employer -- having a one-size fits all interview approach for different disciplines never made sense to me even if everyone in the company is as "generalist" as they can be. I got to see the Byteboard team put together this platform and I've been really impressed at the passion involved in creating this product -- the team really put their hearts into making something accessible and efficient that looks to respect both parties time during the interview process.
I'm not sure if I agree with this, I can easily eliminate 80% of candidates by telling them to show me a project that is either in production or you have recent patches that are classed as significant to well-known open-source projects based on the technologies I require. That in itself raises the barrier to exclude candidates who fail this threshold.
I don't think that what Google's approach to technical hiring solves anything other than contributing to yet another way of screening candidates by implementing a side-project for free in 40 mins with it being tied to your Google account.
No thanks.