THE VIDEO SHELF · programmer interviewing
Mock Interview with Shawn McGrath
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 HN readers recommended it
HN cites it as the example of a better alternative to whiteboard and fizzbuzz-style interviews.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Molly Rocket
- Topic
- programmer interviewing
- Format
- demo
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 6
- HN mentions in dataset
- 6
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2017–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
It's not specific questions that are important so much as the process. You want the questions to be tailored to the candidate. See this example: [VIDEO]
jblow on Hacker News · 2017-01
In Ask HN: What are good software architecture interview questions?I don't know why you're being downvoted. This is essentially what I suggest for an interview process and I'm not the only one. [VIDEO]
lj3 on Hacker News · 2017-03
In Tech Interview Torture ChamberTo any hiring managers that might be reading this, please watch this alternative method of interviewing: [VIDEO]
zozbot123 on Hacker News · 2018-11
In Google's interview system: it's not about solving the problem
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.