Help me out here tweeps: Assuming all other things being equal and an appropriate project, etc., a finishing PhD student with 8 pub'd papers (2 as 1st author) would be a strong contender for pretty much any post-doc position, right? That's a damn good CV for that stage, yes?
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Why are you not a fan of coding questions? (Genuinly interested, as I am new to the hiring game.)
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I am not a fan because I google everything as I go
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I think this is a bit by-the-by. Obviously if you are hiring somebody to write custom algos they will have tons of github/equivalent evidence they can write stuff.
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Also asking a programming question without a compiler and the person actually doing their actual coding thing it like asking a person to do anything without the actual thing. "Can you cycle?" but there's no bike to show you they can, etc.
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But even then you don't code with somebody breathing down your neck. LMAO Or if you do, that's a bad environment!

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Would you ask somebody to do a literature review or an experiment during an interview?
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I think this analogy doesn't quite work. There are certain coding questions that are fine and certain lit review questions that are too - e.g. 'where would you start if you were to find out x and y/ solve this coding problem?'. I know several companies do 'coding' questions
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