sitting in an interview with a candidate. watching his eyes flit back and forth between the camera and a second monitor to his left as he silently writes suddenly competent code after fumbling all the verbal discussion questions what are we even doing here
@eigenrobot This is why we've gone in-person for any interview where we're expecting them to code...
@eigenrobot Ask them shit that literally no one SHOULD know but ai can rattle off like 'what service does IANA say is reserved for port 112?' or 'what's the word count of the original post of the whispering earring story?'. Can the human even pretend to be a human effectively?
@eigenrobot You know how many people can't even get interviews right now?
@eigenrobot @eigenrobot I’m on the job market and I was — at first — insulted when interviewers asked me “what is a .CSV file?” and “what does SQL stand for?”, but it’s not become clear to me that 99% of applicants really are just that cooked/ignorant/unqualified
@eigenrobot I’ve caught students doing the same thing on recorded exams. It is a problem
@eigenrobot You should hire me! I will proudly fail both verbal and coding interviews!
@eigenrobot Just had one of those in our pipeline. I proposed we sue for the time wasted but recruiting didn’t bite
@eigenrobot Gotta make sure they can talk around the water cooler!
@eigenrobot how many fake applications did you get, proportionally
@eigenrobot should just go back to hiring smart and loyal people but your industry totally rejects that type of hiring in favor of quarterly results
@eigenrobot meta let’s you choose leetcode or ai project both 30 min and one still blacklists you for flitting eyes
@eigenrobot Lol, I thought you meant someone with low verbal abilities before reading the rest
@eigenrobot "Thanks for coming in today. We'll be doing the interview in Searle's Chinese Room, second door to your left."
