davidkopec

It certainly sounds interesting. It sounds like a better test and more creative than white boarding. But it also sounds pretty brutal in terms of time and effort. White boarding (which I don't agree with) is typically an hour. This sounds like a full day's work. I hope this was for a fairly high level software development job that you were fairly likely to get going into it. Because you essentially did 8 hours of work + the interview the night before. That's a lot of time and effort.

Added: If the criteria above is met (a high level job that you are likely to get) then I think this kind of makes sense. We implemented something similar on a hiring committee I was on, but we had them do the work at home before the interview. Having to do it in an unfamiliar environment under time pressure is not dissimilar from unrealistic time pressure of white boarding.

Hi Mark,

Thanks for doing this. I'm a MongoDB shareholder and user. I'd like to get your take on the licensing controversy that happened a bit before you joined. Where do you think the right balance is struck between a truly open source license (by the open source definition for example) and a license that is practical for a cloud provider?

Also, I noticed in your answers that you refer to a lot of books. How much of your management style has been developed through experience versus what you've learned in the books you've cited?

Thanks in advance for your answers,

David

Did you read Console Wars, and if so what did you think of it?