I tell them "Hey, I've used this question before when I'm interviewing developers" (often not true, but what's a little white lie), then explain what I'm looking for in a developer when asking those kind of questions.
It makes the point that while those kind of coding challenges could be a useful filter or signal, it also stresses that I'm looking for a senior developer role and that perhaps time would be better spent assessing that part of my skill-set.
I also had an interview where I joked, "You're not going to ask me to define SOLID are you?".
The interviewer sheepishly replied that they only ask that if the person puts it on their CV, before scrambling for a different question to ask.
> I tell them "Hey, I've used this question before when I'm interviewing developers" (often not true, but what's a little white lie), then explain what I'm looking for in a developer when asking those kind of questions.
I would thank you for that and I would ask you to kindly do the code challenge.
It makes the point that while those kind of coding challenges could be a useful filter or signal, it also stresses that I'm looking for a senior developer role and that perhaps time would be better spent assessing that part of my skill-set.
I also had an interview where I joked, "You're not going to ask me to define SOLID are you?".
The interviewer sheepishly replied that they only ask that if the person puts it on their CV, before scrambling for a different question to ask.