Because the people doing the recruiting seldom have the training to tell who's a good candidate or not.
Software creation is an art, not a science, and finding a good developer requires understanding his knowledge of the technology as well as his approach to problem solving. There's never only one right way, so it's hard to create a standardized test that non-devs can use for screening.
Also, it's a numbers game. They just want to throw bodies at you and hope something sticks. Turns out quotas and commission are the enemies of quality.
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[ 3.8 ms ] story [ 5.4 ms ] threadSoftware creation is an art, not a science, and finding a good developer requires understanding his knowledge of the technology as well as his approach to problem solving. There's never only one right way, so it's hard to create a standardized test that non-devs can use for screening.
Also, it's a numbers game. They just want to throw bodies at you and hope something sticks. Turns out quotas and commission are the enemies of quality.