in reply to Re^4: Stop with the interview questions already
in thread Stop with the interview questions already

I object to anyone in the process of being tested trying to cheat to get a question answered here. They're being tested on how well they already know the answer, not how well they can crowdsource it.
I conduct interviews at my company by providing an internet connected computer along with some basic programming problems. I instruct the interviewee that she/he may "google" as needed. We don't expect people to memorize the manuals. Crowd sourcing is fair game if that produces workable results.

I think this is a close analog to how programmers really work.

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Re^6: Stop with the interview questions already
by psini (Deacon) on Sep 13, 2009 at 12:40 UTC

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    I strongly agree. The ability of "googling" an answer to a difficult question is a valuable (and not at all obvious) skill

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Re^6: Stop with the interview questions already
by Anonymous Monk on Sep 01, 2009 at 22:48 UTC
    If your only skill is crowdsourcing, you are not a programmer
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      If crowdsourcing has no value, what does that mean for the cpan?

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        Crowdscourcing has value, but if you need every line of your program crowdsourced, you are not a programmer.
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