interviews

premier leagu

2026-10-09 18:00:24

When do Premier League managers have to do press conferences?

Managers face a media conference before the match, speak again after team sheets, and players are interviewed before kick-off and right after full-time.

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DeepSeek

2026-09-09 07:49:08

DeepSeek revamps experienced-hire interviews, drops ACM-style coding tests for system design

DeepSeek has overhauled its interview process for a large social hiring push covering 150 roles, replacing ACM-style coding questions in written tests for experienced hires with system design exercises. According to company executive Cui Tianyi, the new format is aimed at senior engineers with real production experience rather than fresh graduates who excel at competitive programming. Algorithm design questions will now accept clear reasoning or pseudocode instead of full runnable code, multiple-choice sections have also been adjusted toward senior candidates, and the overall interview timeline will be shortened. The change does not apply to campus recruitment, which will continue to use a process similar to the previous one. That effectively separates DeepSeek’s assessment systems for experienced hires and graduates. The move follows repeated criticism of the company’s hiring process online, including complaints that test content did not match job seniority and that interview scheduling could be inconsistent across teams. The report says the redesign shifts evaluation away from handwritten algorithms and toward engineering judgment in real-world scenarios, such as handling constraints, making architectural trade-offs, locating failures, and measuring results. The adjustment has also sparked debate online, with some backing the reduced focus on ACM-style questions in the AI era while others questioning whether the company’s stated focus on engineers with 2 to 10 years of experience amounts to a softened age filter.

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