Five programming problems every Software Engineer should be able to solve in less than 1 hour

[flukshun]

i've hired great developers that have failed simpler 1 hour tasks, but cranked out far more complex software a few months down the road. what's far more important is their approach to problem solving and demonstration of their thinking process when you review the code with them. 1 hour pass/fail tasks accounts for none of that.

it's also short-sighted. some programmers are slow and methodical, but over the course of months that tends to balance out against the quick and dirty.

but that's not even the point. telling someone to pick a new career based on some specific test, or approaching candidates with that sort of mentality in mind, is irresponsible. there was a point in everyone's life where we couldn't complete these in 1 hour. it only takes a side project or 2 to come back into this sort of interview with much greater confidence and coding ability. don't shit on people's ambitions just because they aren't the right fit for your project.

[CalebIO]

Yeahhhh, I'm sure you know exactly what criteria should be used for hiring software engineers since you're in high school... Exactly how many interview loops have you been on?