Hiring
Articles on hiring from the CodePraxis team.
HiringAugust 13, 2026·4 min read
Do coding assessments predict job performance?
Google measured its own interviews and found zero relationship with job performance. The algorithm interview has never been isolated and validated in the peer-reviewed record — not once. Here is what the research hierarchy actually shows, why AI finished off whatever was left, and what work-sample assessment replaces it with.
HiringApril 5, 2026·12 min read
Why algorithm interviews fail modern engineering teams
Google's own research found essentially zero correlation between algorithm interview scores and on-the-job performance. Work-sample tests outperform every other hiring method. So why is the industry still clinging to LeetCode? We dig into the data, the hidden costs, and the alternative that actually predicts engineering success.