This is a really awesome response, coming from an expert in the field.
It makes me a little sad to read some of this, since it runs a little counter to what I thought was becoming a more general understanding about how to and how not to interview candidates. I give search/social companies a pass because the algorithms and graph theory are core skills there, but in general it's well-known that any kind of closed question isn't all that valuable in an interview, tech or otherwise.
I don't see programming problems any differently. Looking for a "right" answer just means they know what you know and maybe think like you think. It's a very egocentric way to proceed, to be honest. I don't need a team of me!
But it does open my eyes a bit to the fact that new grads may have a pretty different experience than others. I'll try to keep that in mind in the future. I don't want to interview this way, but if I know someone has expected to interview this way it'll help me understand them better.
It makes me a little sad to read some of this, since it runs a little counter to what I thought was becoming a more general understanding about how to and how not to interview candidates. I give search/social companies a pass because the algorithms and graph theory are core skills there, but in general it's well-known that any kind of closed question isn't all that valuable in an interview, tech or otherwise.
I don't see programming problems any differently. Looking for a "right" answer just means they know what you know and maybe think like you think. It's a very egocentric way to proceed, to be honest. I don't need a team of me!
But it does open my eyes a bit to the fact that new grads may have a pretty different experience than others. I'll try to keep that in mind in the future. I don't want to interview this way, but if I know someone has expected to interview this way it'll help me understand them better.