I'm sure I'm not the only one, but I've gotten so aggressive about monitoring for this. I do most interviews zoomed in on the candidate's eyes and I rubric on how they "thought" through the problem, not just the results.
Thankfully the interview tools are catching on as well and now tracking this like browser focus, number of monitors, window size, and sending notifications when any of those change.
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I'm sure I'm not the only one, but I've gotten so aggressive about monitoring for this. I do most interviews zoomed in on the candidate's eyes and I rubric on how they "thought" through the problem, not just the results.
Thankfully the interview tools are catching on as well and now tracking this like browser focus, number of monitors, window size, and sending notifications when any of those change.
We actually state in our job listings that we will have an onsite interview as part of the process (we pay for travel/hotel, of course!).
Seems to weed these folks out.
I did not have Voight-Kampff tests on my 2026 hiring bingo card, but here we are.
I know this is HN and we’re not supposed to laugh, but this gave me a smile.
We are heading into Blade Runner times so V-K test is the appropriate prop :)
And SpaceX is the Tyrell corporation… /s
Surely all of those metrics can be easily gamed by a competent software engineer.
hired :)