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No, it is black and white. Just because you have lots of candidates doesn't mean you need to pick sub-par questions.

Interview for the skills you actually need. If the person isn't implementing algorithms and data structures from scratch, it's a shit question. Why would you ask questions that don't match the actual work they'll be doing?

If they will be doing this work, then obviously it's a fair question.

See, black and white.



I disagree with that comment, based on my experience.

> Why would you ask questions that don't match the actual work they'll be doing?

As an interviewer, and likely peer or manager of the potential new hire, I want to understand growth potentials as well, so I want to challenge you during the interview. In my particular situation, there are so many candidates, and so many mediocre ones, we needed to raise the bar, and it served us well.




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