i’ve always approved everyone i’ve ever interviewed because i believe that it’s possible for anyone to learn how to do this kind of wok and with the anticipation that i will have to show them everything i know; but i’ve never had to, i’ve always been pleasantly surprised.
i would approve this guy before the interview as over. lol
Trying to sus out a candidates ability to learn and adapt is number one thing I try to do when interviewing. A question I ask a lot is “Give me an example of a time you got completely stuck on a task and how you overcame that.”
Drag hates being asked that question. “Drag was stuck on a hard problem… And then drag figured it out?” Drag doesn’t know how to explain inspiration. Nobody does, not even philosophers or psychologists have managed to explain that moment of insight where suddenly it all makes sense.
These questions are filtering out those who aren’t prepared for interview questions, not those who aren’t good developers.
I’ve definitely had some coworkers that in retrospect we should not have hired. But I’ve also had people I was iffy on that turned out great. Hiring is hard.
Your company can afford being a school that pays people to learn? Where do I sign up?
https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/
and yes, they can EASILY afford it.
Is that why they do such big layoffs every year? They just throw candidates at the wall and see who sticks?
Now the trick is to get through the resume filter, and make sure this guy interviews you. Then, FAANG job FTW.
What about hobbyists with no “standard” corporate programming experience, but have been noodling around with PHP/C/C++ for 25 years? (I’m actually not even joking anymore lol. Never had the self-confidence to try and make it professional).