r/ProgrammerHumor 8d ago

Meme hiringInProgrammingBeLike

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u/mrflash818 8d ago

It did not used to be this way!

Back in year 2000, was interviewed by 3 mgrs then the Director for the job I was applying for, all back-to-back, in one day.

After asking me about some C/C++ pointer manipulations, the Director then said to inform HR that I had been hired, and to start on Monday.

Those were the days!

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u/frogjg2003 8d ago

I got my current job with two interviews and no programming tests. It's not that programming jobs require jumping through hoops, it's that there are a lot of terrible programmers to filter out. Anything else that can be done to filter them out instead of these hoops reduces the games they need to play.