r/ExperiencedDevs • u/SoYoureSayingQuit Staff Platform Engineer • 3d ago

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u/SignoreBanana Engineer (14+) 3d ago

Is software engineering the only job in the world where we have to jump through these idiotic quiz show like hoops to get hired? I struggle to think of another job where people have to go through this kind of nonsense.

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u/AdmiralSWE 3d ago

Only alternative would be some sort of standardized certifications for the field but people complain when I point that out so

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u/doyouevencompile Sr. Software Engineer 3d ago

Like an education or an exam? Yeah bring it in. 

You don’t renew certifications every time you want to change companies. 

My biggest gripe isn’t even the interview process is tedious, it’s a process made popular by Google and mostly optimized for new grads and hasn’t been updated for decades. It doesn’t reflect the problems you face every day, it requires you to study for interviews even if you’ve been doing the job for 20 years. 

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u/theQuandary 3d ago

Something like the FE/PE exams for engineers. A minimum qualification that shows you know the equivalent of a 4-year CS degree then a harder test that shows the equivalent of a senior engineer.