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coaxial | 7 years ago

> Got rejected for not 'technically competent' despite polished complex app on both the App Store and on Github. It's insulting to the point I want to start cancelling processes with all Unicorns...

Because "how do we know you didn't copy paste it from a tutorial and claim it as yours?"

It is insulting, and frankly discouraging. As if the only one true way to tell whether you know your stuff or not is to check if you can solve some silly riddle/puzzle under the gun.

One solution is to only apply to companies without a broken hiring process, but sadly they're very rare.

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biscottigelato|7 years ago

Like a few hundred thousand lines of code copied from tutorials into a unique working product. Open sourced with a year worth of commit history.

I'd hire that guy, but maybe that's why I'm looking for employment and not the employer? LOL