I saw your hack at AngelHack SF. It was a great product and I was surprise that you did not get the grand prize.
I think that the problems with technical interviews is that they focus more on algorithms than actual code. While this practice is good for recruiting students out of school who should know by heart the most efficient search or sorting algorithms, it puts people who have been in the industry or who often work in freelance jobs at a considerable disadvantage.
Unless you are working at Google or Facebook where efficiency is super important, the interview questions that Silicon Valley companies ask often do a bad job of filtering out the right candidate.
I thought that your hack was very good. I think that you could turn it into a business if you wanted to.
Thanks! I am still working on Coderang (the version I showed yesterday is up at http://coderang.com), and I think I could definitely turn it into a business.
I was told that the only reason I didn't win the grand prize was some of the judges didn't think I could have made the app by myself during the competition/I had cheated.
Honestly, I'm more flattered that they thought I was too good to win than I would have been if I had won. :)
Great. contact me at doanhqdo at berkeley.edu if you want some free business advice. I am currently working on a start-up that is being incubated out of the UC Berkeley's Skydeck incubator. I should be able to connect you with some people if you'd like.
I think that the problems with technical interviews is that they focus more on algorithms than actual code. While this practice is good for recruiting students out of school who should know by heart the most efficient search or sorting algorithms, it puts people who have been in the industry or who often work in freelance jobs at a considerable disadvantage.
Unless you are working at Google or Facebook where efficiency is super important, the interview questions that Silicon Valley companies ask often do a bad job of filtering out the right candidate.
I thought that your hack was very good. I think that you could turn it into a business if you wanted to.