<story><title>Guido van Rossum joins Microsoft</title><url>https://twitter.com/gvanrossum/status/1326932991566700549</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bit_logic</author><text>Wow, the replies to this actually saying Guido van Rossum should do an algorithm&amp;#x2F;DS leetcode interview.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s so ridiculous to see these replies.  So Microsoft should&amp;#x27;ve sent Guido van Rossum a note saying, hey study algorithm&amp;#x2F;DS for at least a month and do 100 leetcode before you come talk to us or it&amp;#x27;s a waste of time, thanks, bye.&lt;p&gt;Discussions of the industry tech interview process are now poisoned by these factors:&lt;p&gt;* There is an entire industry built around tech interview prep now (books, websites, practice&amp;#x2F;mock interviews).  Many would defend this practice because their paycheck directly depends on it.&lt;p&gt;* Many see this as a hazing ritual that protects their high compensation and often their egos as well.  These people are often young and will eventually see how harmful these interviews are when they get older and need to switch jobs.  But by then there will be a new generation of young engineers defending the practice.</text></item><item><author>maxioatic</author><text>I wonder if they asked him algorithm problems in his interview &amp;#x2F;s&lt;p&gt;This is cool though. I&amp;#x27;ll be curious to see what he works on.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jsmeaton</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s like people forget the purposes of interviewing. &amp;quot;Can this candidate do the job we&amp;#x27;re asking them to do?&amp;quot;. If the candidate has a proven, public, track record doing the things you&amp;#x27;re going to ask them to do, then you can skip the jumping through hoops part.&lt;p&gt;We use shitty algorithmic questions as a proxy for answering the above question (in the vast majority of cases).</text></comment>
<story><title>Guido van Rossum joins Microsoft</title><url>https://twitter.com/gvanrossum/status/1326932991566700549</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bit_logic</author><text>Wow, the replies to this actually saying Guido van Rossum should do an algorithm&amp;#x2F;DS leetcode interview.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s so ridiculous to see these replies.  So Microsoft should&amp;#x27;ve sent Guido van Rossum a note saying, hey study algorithm&amp;#x2F;DS for at least a month and do 100 leetcode before you come talk to us or it&amp;#x27;s a waste of time, thanks, bye.&lt;p&gt;Discussions of the industry tech interview process are now poisoned by these factors:&lt;p&gt;* There is an entire industry built around tech interview prep now (books, websites, practice&amp;#x2F;mock interviews).  Many would defend this practice because their paycheck directly depends on it.&lt;p&gt;* Many see this as a hazing ritual that protects their high compensation and often their egos as well.  These people are often young and will eventually see how harmful these interviews are when they get older and need to switch jobs.  But by then there will be a new generation of young engineers defending the practice.</text></item><item><author>maxioatic</author><text>I wonder if they asked him algorithm problems in his interview &amp;#x2F;s&lt;p&gt;This is cool though. I&amp;#x27;ll be curious to see what he works on.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>acqq</author><text>Previously:&lt;p&gt;Google bureaucracy expected from &lt;i&gt;Ken Thompson&lt;/i&gt; (!) to pass a C language exam (!!).&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theregister.co.uk&amp;#x2F;2010&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;21&amp;#x2F;ken_thompson_take_our_test&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theregister.co.uk&amp;#x2F;2010&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;21&amp;#x2F;ken_thompson_take_o...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;So Mr Thompson, you say you have some programming skills&amp;quot;</text></comment>