What exactly is an alternative way to hire good candidates that any of you think is better than coding interviews?
Or you do a mock design exercise with them and hear them talk through their process. Are they going to use a relational DB or NoSQL? Do they need a queue or an event stream? What language do they want to use? Why?
Or worst case scenario you give them a take home exercise (compensate them!) and then for the follow up you talk with them about their code and the compromises they had to make.
Or hell, if they like white-boarding and want to do it, then go for it. But a lot of people (like me) have a tendency to lock up in those situations.
They must have a degree from an accredited institution before they can begin practicing, and part of earning the degree is operating on cadavers, so, yes.
> Do Accountants need to complete a test audit?
In order to be a Certified Public Account in the US, you must pass the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination, which has a section on auditing and has "task-based simulations", which are:
"CPA Task-Based Simulations are scenario-based questions on the CPA Exam. They are a large part of what makes the CPA Exam so difficult. Each one will introduce a situation, provide data in the form of charts, memos, and emails, and require you to answer a series of questions."
So, I think yes?
> Do Lawyers perform a mock trial?
In order to be a lawyer in the US, you generally need to pass a state's bar examination. Most of those include "performance tests" which require the testee to simulate part of the job of being a lawyer. I don't know think mock trials are part of that, but writing a legal brief or doing other typical lawyer work is.
My understanding is that going to trial is a small fraction of what most lawyers do and lawyers going in that direction will gain that experience as junior members of a law firm.
You know what I meant. You have merely created a series of strawmen. They don't need to perform a trial surgery every time they interview for a new job. The same goes for all my examples so nice try.
Yes, a surgeon doesn't need to perform traial surgeries every time they change jobs. But, also, they only work inside certified, heavily-regulated institutations that are able to vouch for their previous performance.
No such institutions exist for software engineering.