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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/13/20 8:16 PM, Greg Skinner via
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If you ever decide to revisit this subject, I recall it was
covered here in <a
href="https://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2012-July/149687.html"
class="" moz-do-not-send="true">this thread started by Bill
Herrin</a>.
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<div class="">My general feelings on the subject of tech
interviews are summarized in the “interview anti-loop” section
of <a
href="http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/03/get-that-job-at-google.html"
class="" moz-do-not-send="true">this article by Steve Yegge</a>.
Although it is targeted to people seeking software engineering
jobs at FANG (and FANG-like) companies, IMO the general tone is
applicable to other tech careers, even network engineering. I
have seen numerous articles (and subsequent discussions) on this
subject on forums such as Quora, Medium, and Hacker News.</div>
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<p>That blog post is everything that is wrong with software
interviews. It's fine to ask intricate algorithm questions for
somebody fresh out of school because what else are you going to
ask them? But for somebody who's years out of school and has lots
of experience, the intricate details of various algorithms fade
especially ones that you don't use very often, or are embedded in
library routines you'd be fired for if you tried to reinvent them.
Telling people they have to go back to school for stuff they won't
be using on the job is offensive.<br>
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<p>My personal method is to devise a problem and actually work with
them... because that's what I (or others) are going to be doing.
How well can they get the requirements? How do they zero in on how
to solve it? You can take this as deep or shallow as you like.
Often I'd give it as a homework assignment if I liked them.</p>
<p>My personal theory is software interviewing is basically a hazing
ritual where the interviewers are trying to fluff their own
privates, and it's almost to a one male. I wrote this post a while
ago:</p>
<p><span><span id="c18" role="region" class="w4txWc oJeWuf"><span
class="MUhG4e OGjyyf"
data-blogurl="http://rip-van-webble.blogspot.com/"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rip-van-webble.blogspot.com/2013/07/interviews-as-hazing-rituals.html">http://rip-van-webble.blogspot.com/2013/07/interviews-as-hazing-rituals.html</a></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span id="c18" role="region" class="w4txWc oJeWuf"><span
class="MUhG4e OGjyyf"
data-blogurl="http://rip-van-webble.blogspot.com/">Mike<br>
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<div class="">On Jul 11, 2020, at 11:34 AM, Mehmet Akcin
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<div class="">hey there,<br class="">
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I am hosting a live show a few times a month about
internet infrastructure<br class="">
and today's topics were, your favorite questions asked
network engineers -<br class="">
you can watch the recording here<br class="">
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3pvikTrF0M"
class="" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3pvikTrF0M</a><br
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if you have suggestions on topics to cover helping
network operations<br class="">
engineering that you want to see in here, please feel
free to contact me<br class="">
off-list, and let's create unique content that can be
helpful to others.<br class="">
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mehmet<br class="">
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