Mock Interview with Shawn McGrath

Molly Rocket · 45.3K views · 2017-01-21 · 1:41:38

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Overview

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.

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HN cites it as the example of a better alternative to whiteboard and fizzbuzz-style interviews.

Recommended by 6 HN people across 6 months · HN mentions 2017–2023

Topics

Software practice, open source & careers Game programming & engines

What people said

andai · 2023-12 · Recommendation
This is great! I'm currently learning 2D graphics from scratch (making vector art software), can anyone recommend any related resources? I found this interview (one relevant bit at 29:55) very interesting. Shawn McGrath did the graphics code for the game N++ which is very vectory, so he found efficient ways to render it on a GPU. [VIDEO]
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PainfullyNormal · 2022-08 · Recommendation
There are ways of discovering if somebody can code without making them do fizzbuzz. This is a good process: [VIDEO]
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yakubin · 2020-09 · Recommendation
Casey Muratori showcased a new model of a programming interview here: [VIDEO] It shows to the interviewer how a given person works in a programming job, how they researched solutions to the problems they were faced with in the past etc.; as opposed to the usual exercises that have nothing to do with the job and won't really show you how well they will perform. It's also less confrontational which should put the interviewee at more ease.
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