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).
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InterviewAnxietyComputer scienceStress (linguistics)Applied psychologyWork (physics)PsychologyMultimediaMedical educationEngineeringPolitical scienceMedicineMechanical engineeringLinguisticsPhilosophyLawPsychiatrySoftware Engineering Techniques and PracticesTeam Dynamics and PerformanceSoftware Engineering Research