Comment by austincheney | Hacker News Reader

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I like white boarding for only one reason: so I can really ask questions that makes the interviewer uncomfortable. I don’t like jQuery. I don’t like your big stupid framework or your bullshit design patterns. I am a developer because I like writing code to solve real problems. I want to see, in the flesh, how scared and uncomfortable you are at seeing a candidate write original solutions to real problems. I want to see that arrogant look on your face when I violate your unmentioned code style rules. If that scares the shit out of you, as is so often the case, I know I don’t want to work there.

Unfortunately, I have also found that looks impressive during interviews only to not work out in practice once being hired. Not matter what, as a JavaScript developer, people are scared to death if you write original code.

> I want to see, in the flesh, how scared and uncomfortable you are at seeing a candidate write original solutions to real problems.

I've no doubt your code is the best in the world (have you a github repo?), but with that attitude you'd be shown the door quite soon.

Earlier the better. I am not there to waste your time.

Damn you’re edgy

That depends on the audience. Sometimes that sentiment, here on HN, is downvoted to oblivion and other times it gets 60 up votes. Yesterday a different comment that said almost the exact same thing got 37 up votes.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22821318

I suspect certain threads, by title, attract different population segments that differ on their programming interests, sensitivity, defensiveness, individuality, and so forth. Hiring threads normally have increased sensitivity, and I suspect the sensitivity is ramped up right now with many people being out of work.

As for my personal bias software hiring is horribly subjective. When I am interviewing the technical considerations of the interview are generally time consuming substance of no practical value in the consideration of candidate selection. Knowing that going in I prefer to watch the interviewer to gleam what decisions that forming and not disclosing.

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