u/InternetMedium4325 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Does it really matter what bootcamp you came for or what you told your interviewer? If you can get through a few rounds of interviews and convince somebody you are worth the hiring investment and then actually keep your job...you bloody deserve to be there! All bootcamps are scam
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
So I agree with the part about the person with the right skills and most capabilities should get the job and credentials shouldn't matter as a surface level criteria.
BUT the interview processes are not perfect and they are super fast to try to evaluate these things. They rely on people having the experience they say they do. It's not like just that X got the question right so they are qualified. It's X got this question right that someone with 2 years of experience is expected to get right and therefore this question validates that they have that experience. System design interviews are the best example of this. If you don't have experience, you shouldn't be passing a mid level or senior system design interview flat out, and if you lie and game the system so you are violating the interview process. Passing the interview doesn't mean you are qualified for the job.