Does stress impact technical interview performance?

Mahnaz Behroozi, Shivani Shirolkar, Titus Barik, Chris Parnin

Abstract

Software engineering candidates commonly participate in whiteboard technical interviews as part of a hiring assessment. During these sessions, candidates write code while thinking aloud as they work towards a solution, under the watchful eye of an interviewer. While technical interviews should allow for an unbiased and inclusive assessment of problem-solving ability, surprisingly, technical interviews may be instead a procedure for identifying candidates who best handle and migrate stress solely caused by being examined by an interviewer (performance anxiety).

BibTeX

@inproceedings{Behroozi-al:FSE20,
  author    = {Mahnaz Behroozi and
               Shivani Shirolkar and
               Titus Barik and
               Chris Parnin},
  title     = {Does stress impact technical interview performance?},
  booktitle = {{ESEC/SIGSOFT} {FSE}},
  pages     = {481--492},
  publisher = {{ACM}},
  year      = {2020},
}

Does stress impact technical interview performance?

Abstract

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