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Mock Interview with Shawn McGrath

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What it is

A live mock programmer interview in which Casey Muratori interviews game developer Shawn McGrath using a less confrontational format devised by Chris Hecker. It gets deep into technical details while showing how the candidate actually thinks and works.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it as the example of a better alternative to whiteboard and fizzbuzz-style interviews.

  • 6 people recommended it
  • 6 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “You want the questions to be tailored to the candidate. See this example”

    Example of a tailored candidate interview process

    jblow, 2017-01 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What are good software architecture interview questions?”

  2. “This is essentially what I suggest for an interview process and I'm not the only one.”

    Example of a better interview process

    lj3, 2017-03 · Recommendation · in “Tech Interview Torture Chamber”

  3. “please watch this alternative method of interviewing”

    Alternative method of interviewing programmers

    zozbot123, 2018-11 · Recommendation · in “Google's interview system: it's not about solving the problem”

  4. “Casey Muratori showcased a new model of a programming interview here”

    Interview model showing how a candidate actually works

    yakubin, 2020-09 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What is a better approach to interviewing?”

  5. “There are ways of discovering if somebody can code without making them do fizzbuzz. This is a good process”

    Way to assess coding ability without fizzbuzz

    PainfullyNormal, 2022-08 · Recommendation · in “Why is recruiting developers so difficult?”

  6. “I found this interview (one relevant bit at 29:55) very interesting.”

    Shawn McGrath discusses efficient GPU rendering of vector graphics in N++

    andai, 2023-12 · Recommendation · in “NN-SVG”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: hiring, technical interviews, game development, interview format, casey muratori

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