I've never counted but I must have done way more than 300 interviews. I have interviewed at 3/5 of the FAANG.
Coding:
on a whiteboard or with someone watching over you has no correlation with performance on the job.
Data structures:
questions usually end up so contrite that they have no bearing to real-world situations. That or based on luck of seeing an remembering the right one. Data structures usually go hand in hand with algorithms.
Algorithms:
questions become more like trivia or reinventing something that has likely got research papers on it. Oh, you want me to invent an algorithm I've never heard of on a whiteboard with your clues?
System design and data modelling:
the kind of thing you can do in an interview lacks real-world data. No empiricism. It's all about the trade-offs.
Tailoring to the candidate introduces inconsistency and unfairness/luck.
What if these "seniors" and "architects" are frauds?! How else could they hold down a job for 20 years and not be able to answer my questions? They must be really bad!
Lucky my interview process is really great and I always hire the good ones. I track every rejection and I have proof that they never amount to anything!
Coding: on a whiteboard or with someone watching over you has no correlation with performance on the job.
Data structures: questions usually end up so contrite that they have no bearing to real-world situations. That or based on luck of seeing an remembering the right one. Data structures usually go hand in hand with algorithms.
Algorithms: questions become more like trivia or reinventing something that has likely got research papers on it. Oh, you want me to invent an algorithm I've never heard of on a whiteboard with your clues?
System design and data modelling: the kind of thing you can do in an interview lacks real-world data. No empiricism. It's all about the trade-offs.
Tailoring to the candidate introduces inconsistency and unfairness/luck.
What if these "seniors" and "architects" are frauds?! How else could they hold down a job for 20 years and not be able to answer my questions? They must be really bad!
Lucky my interview process is really great and I always hire the good ones. I track every rejection and I have proof that they never amount to anything!