On: Technical interview methods pale in comparison to ...

[omginternets]

It seems like Factorio itself doesn't matter here, and that any programming language can be used instead.

So really, this article is saying "live, self-directed coding is the best technical interview", which isn't very original.

[tstrimple → omginternets]

There may be an anxiety factor which negatively impacts live coding interviews which wouldn't manifest as often in demonstrating similar skillsets in a game. It would be interesting to see how much of a difference something like this makes.

[omginternets → tstrimple]

Yeah ... maybe...

There might also be anxiety around playing a game you don’t know well, which wouldn’t manifest in a language you were familiar with.

Honestly, this article is pretty superficial.

[Rule35 → tstrimple]

Performance anxiety (or the lack thereof) is a job skill.