An Alternative Approach to Programming Interviews: Casey Muratori's Drill-Down Method
By
iparaskev
Front-window bakery material. Catches the eye, delivers the goods.
Summary
The article presents an alternative approach to programming interviews inspired by Casey Muratori, who rejects traditional LeetCode-style questions. Instead, Muratori advocates for a drill-down method that focuses on understanding a candidate's actual programming competence through practical, in-depth questioning about their past work and problem-solving approaches. The method aims to reliably assess whether someone is a competent programmer and whether they will be productive in the specific work environment.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledCasey doesn't like LeetCode style of interviews, instead, he follows a drill-down approach
With this approach, he claims he can always understand if someone is a competent programmer, and he has never seen it fail
According to Casey, two questions need to be answered in an interview: If they are competent programmers. Whether they will be productive at your
You might also wanna read
A 7-line interpreter: Implementing a functional programming language in minutes
The article presents a minimal 7-line interpreter for a functional programming language, demonstrating the eval/apply design pattern from St
Clojure Programming Terms Explained: Lisp, REPL, and Functional Programming Concepts
This article provides definitions for key programming terms related to Clojure, a Lisp dialect programming language. It explains fundamental
clojure.org·1mo ago
A Compiler Writing Journey: Building a Self-Compiling C Subset Compiler
A GitHub repository documenting a personal journey to write a self-compiling compiler for a subset of the C language. The project provides p
github.com·2mo ago
Understanding Common Lisp Development Environments: A Beginner's Guide to Tooling Layers
This article provides a comprehensive beginner's guide to Common Lisp development tooling, focusing on understanding the layered architectur
creativetension.co·2mo ago
Building a Toy Shell in C to Understand System Calls and Shell Internals
The author builds a toy shell in C to understand how shells work under the hood, specifically learning about fork, execvp, and dup2 system c
healeycodes.com·2mo ago
The Impact of AI Tools and Abstraction on Computer Science Fundamentals
The article expresses concern about how AI tools and increasing abstraction layers in software development are causing developers to lose in
news.ycombinator.com·2mo ago