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		skeeter2020 43 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Here is the 15 sec coding test I used to instantly... My take-away: if you're doing simple coding problems like this for an interview with the "CTO", that's a very bad smell.

ndsipa_pomu 43 days ago [–]

It's not for getting an interview with the CTO, but a very early filter to weed out poor candidates. But yes, if that's the only question then it's not going to discover talent.

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