Comments on: The Dangers of Testing as Part of an Interview http://blog.dmbcllc.com/2008/11/24/the-dangers-of-testing-as-part-of-an-interview/ ASP.NET, HTML, CSS, Visual Studio, CSharp, VB.NET and other programming items of interest. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:52:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Stuart Lodge http://blog.dmbcllc.com/2008/11/24/the-dangers-of-testing-as-part-of-an-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-1179 Stuart Lodge Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:36:28 +0000 http://blog.dmbcllc.com/2008/11/24/the-dangers-of-testing-as-part-of-an-interview/#comment-1179 Interesting observation and opinion. Personally, I've never given written tests as part of the hiring process. However, one thing I'd like to try next time around is to actually try pair programming with the candidate - I think I'd learn quite a lot during that process - if I can find the right code to work on (maybe actually work on a real unit test?) then I think it would be fascinating. Admittedly it might not be very fair on the first few candidates who work through the problem though! Interesting observation and opinion.

Personally, I’ve never given written tests as part of the hiring process.

However, one thing I’d like to try next time around is to actually try pair programming with the candidate – I think I’d learn quite a lot during that process – if I can find the right code to work on (maybe actually work on a real unit test?) then I think it would be fascinating.

Admittedly it might not be very fair on the first few candidates who work through the problem though!

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