interviewing.io
Learning and science
interview practice
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How HN took it
33 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 9 critical, out of 60 comments about the project. Thread score +0.42.
Idea: 23 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 4 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Idea is a real disruption to interview hiring and fills a gap versus existing practice tools.
From 2 comments
This is very interesting. This is one of the few actual disruptions that I've seen in the interviewing/hiring space. One small issue: I don't know what I'm getting into when I…
columbo on HNGood idea! It leapfrogs the scores of existing "code interview practice tools" that give you a problem and a text editor and do some auto-validation on your answer by providing a…
Centigonal on HN
Anonymous human practice beats auto-graded problem sites.
From 2 comments
Good idea! It leapfrogs the scores of existing "code interview practice tools" that give you a problem and a text editor and do some auto-validation on your answer by providing a…
Centigonal on HNI love this! Too many of my friends who are great engineers melt down completely when faced with an actual interview for various reasons. But I do wonder if I could put this to…
Swizec on HN
Objections
Coding interviews themselves are ineffective and poor at measuring ability.
From 3 comments
Dear software professional: if you have been rejected because of a coding interview, don't feel bad or discouraged. It has little to do with how smart you are. Unfortunately,…
onislandtime on HNNone of my engineer friends have ever had a Google style technical interview. What makes software so different? You don't ask an electrical engineer to layout a complicated PCB…
learc83 on HNThis looks great. These days I skip all interviews which require me to code in the interview. I have plenty of open source code, if they cannot figure how good I am looking at,…
general_failure on HN
Practice only teaches gaming interviews, pushing companies to new screens.
From 2 comments
Great...so when everyone does this and becomes good at technical interviews, SV companies will find some other meaningless, high pressure method to screen job candidates. "Steal…
capkutay on HN>First and foremost, if you're trying to get better at technical interviews, the best way to do that is to actually do it. So to fix problems with signaling there should more…
nawitus on HN
Audio reveals gender and background, undermining meritocracy.
From 1 comment
If one of the goals is encouraging meritocracy, I cannot imagine why it was decided to add voice to the interview. From someone's voice I can frequently tell their gender & maybe…
sequoia on HN
Requests
Clearer explanation of how the interview process works.
From 3 comments
As minor feedback, it would be great if the "How it works" section actually contained how it works info. I only see 3 steps that look more like facts than actual "how's". Totally…
saganus on HNThis is very interesting. This is one of the few actual disruptions that I've seen in the interviewing/hiring space. One small issue: I don't know what I'm getting into when I…
columbo on HNAny ideas how the whole thing will be implemented. The site only contains very generic information about it. How are the interviews going to be conducted ? What will be the…
minusSeven on HN
Chat option instead of audio, with logging.
From 1 comment
Silly question, why not chat (which can be saved for review etc) instead of audio?
lazyant on HN
Questions
What is the business model and who pays interviewers?
From 3 comments
Good idea! It leapfrogs the scores of existing "code interview practice tools" that give you a problem and a text editor and do some auto-validation on your answer by providing a…
Centigonal on HNIs there a business model here? Why are the talented engineers running the practice interviews devoting time to this?
Estragon on HNI wonder where the interviewers will come from. That said, this is a great idea, and also along the lines of the "Show me a million new jobs" RFS [0]. [0]…
mathattack on HN
Will interviewers be engineers from top companies and how is anonymity kept?
From 2 comments
How does it manage not to connect me with someone that I work with based on just my github profile? I work with plenty of people who don't have a github profile, or if they do…
jacalata on HNI wonder where the interviewers will come from. That said, this is a great idea, and also along the lines of the "Show me a million new jobs" RFS [0]. [0]…
mathattack on HN
Alternatives named
Interview Cake
From 1 comment
I've been using https://www.interviewcake.com and highly recommend it. It's just a series of problems you work through combined with advice.
dreamdu5t on HN
Online code interview practice tools with auto-validation
From 1 comment
Good idea! It leapfrogs the scores of existing "code interview practice tools" that give you a problem and a text editor and do some auto-validation on your answer by providing a…
Centigonal on HN