Yes! That's what I'm getting at. It seems like technical interviews as I've experienced them (Microsoft being the biggest name I've tried so far) are knowledge based stress tests.
This doesn't make sense to me because once I become comfortable in a group, immediate stress isn't an issue anymore (background stress yes but that's another beast entirely).
I don't preform well while stressed, to the point that I pass out in acutely anxiety producing situations.
My test (which is really just more of a traditional behavioral interview) is looking for how you introspect and reason about design decisions that you've made in the past.
Something that I value in teammates over anything else.
It's a glimpse into how they will respond if I do have to ask them about why they did this or that in a merge request.
If you can reason about why you chose a foo over a bar 4 years ago then I'll feel pretty confident that you can speak to the decisions you made last week.
My thoughts will likely change as I get more industry experience but this is a good milestone for me to look back to.
It's not always easy to remember how it felt presenting your first programming project or landing your first technical interview. Or worse how it felt just before that stressful event.
We all have a tendency to think wow I guess I was so anxious over nothing. Is this what keeps the status quo in place ? Hindsight bias
This doesn't make sense to me because once I become comfortable in a group, immediate stress isn't an issue anymore (background stress yes but that's another beast entirely).
I don't preform well while stressed, to the point that I pass out in acutely anxiety producing situations.
My test (which is really just more of a traditional behavioral interview) is looking for how you introspect and reason about design decisions that you've made in the past.
Something that I value in teammates over anything else.
It's a glimpse into how they will respond if I do have to ask them about why they did this or that in a merge request.
If you can reason about why you chose a foo over a bar 4 years ago then I'll feel pretty confident that you can speak to the decisions you made last week.
My thoughts will likely change as I get more industry experience but this is a good milestone for me to look back to.
It's not always easy to remember how it felt presenting your first programming project or landing your first technical interview. Or worse how it felt just before that stressful event.
We all have a tendency to think wow I guess I was so anxious over nothing. Is this what keeps the status quo in place ? Hindsight bias