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Interviewing is a noisy prediction problem

Erik Bernhardsson

When I started recruiting, I had so much confidence in my ability to assess people. Job interview scene from Devil Wears Prada (2006). So we can choose to spend one hour on system design, one hour on algorithms, etc. System design. I have done roughly 2,000 interviews in my life. Algorithms. Avoid them.

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Interviewing is a noisy prediction problem

Erik Bernhardsson

When I started recruiting, I had so much confidence in my ability to assess people. Job interview scene from Devil Wears Prada (2006). So we can choose to spend one hour on system design, one hour on algorithms, etc. System design. I have done roughly 2,000 interviews in my life. Algorithms. Avoid them.