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      1. I regularly interview candidates for development positions, and we do a programming session. About 20-25 minutes before the session, I send then instructions to read a document that is 1104 words long, including section titles and 10 lines of code. The number of candidates who /1
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      cannot (or will not) read this document in 20 minutes is astonishing. It answers *every* question I've ever gotten during the pair session. I think I've had 1 or 2 (out of many dozens) of candidates read this document, and their grasp of the project was deeply impressive. /2
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    They also had a *very* good grasp of the goals and immediately started writing code that was exceptionally good. My point in this is that if you're looking for a job, and the interviewer tells you (multiple times, over multiple emails): "please do X" where X is "read this" /3
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      it would behoove you to *follow the directions*. THIS IS PART OF THE INTERVIEW. The interviewer is checking to see if you are capable of hearing an instruction, doing the instructed task, and getting the expected result (learning). /4
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        When the candidate has not followed the directions right off the bat, that sets expectations before anything else even happens, and it's not a good place to start. As an additional note, it's very easy to tell when a candidate didn't follow the instructions - you are NOT as /5
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          good at skimming or getting the gist of things from just reading the code as you think you are. There really isn't much more of a point to this thread other than the previous tweets: when interviewing, consider the initial instructions (like, "set this up", "read this" etc. /6
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            ) as part of the interview. Thoughtful hiring processes are trying to find out how you work, what your thought processes are, and whether you possess craftspersonship. Failing to follow the very first instruction is a bad start. /7
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              Related: The 7 things that make a "Senior" Engineer: log.rockerest.com/post/the-seven-things-that-make-a-senior-engineer.html 8/8
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