SMRTR ProgrammingOct 23, 2025Hacker News

Casey Muratori: I can always tell a good programmer in an interview

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Experienced programmer Casey Muratori advocates ditching LeetCode-style coding interviews in favor of having candidates teach interviewers about their past projects through detailed drill-down questions. His approach involves selecting a project from the candidate's resume and asking increasingly specific questions about implementation details, alternative approaches, and potential improvements to assess true programming competence.

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