demo · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
Mock Interview with Shawn McGrath
Molly Rocket · 6 HN recommenders · 6 recommendation months
Recommended by 6 Hacker News commenters across 6 months (2017–2023).
SignalTube analysis
Among 13 other demo videos tagged Software practice, open source & careers, the mean is 2.1 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 6 distinct HN recommenders, about 2.9× that mean. Recommendations span 6 distinct months, longer than the peer average of 2.3 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
100% of its 6 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2017–2023; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 101 minutes 38 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2017-01-21.
- Channel / speaker
- Molly Rocket
- Verified runtime
- 1h 41m 38s
- YouTube upload date
- 2017-01-21
- Hacker News mention years
- 2017–2023
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other demo videos in Software practice, open source & careers. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mock Interview with Shawn McGrathCurrent video | 6 | 6 | 100% | — | 1h 41m 38s | 2017-01-21 |
| Hacking with Andrew and Brad: tip.golang.orgdemo · The Go Programming Language | 4 | 4 | 100% | No recorded overlap | 62m 49s | 2015-01-09 |
| How A Blind Developer Uses Visual Studiodemo · Coding Tech | 4 | 3 | 44% | No recorded overlap | 7m 9s | 2018-03-01 |
| Oculus Connect 2: Live Coding Session with John Carmackdemo · Meta VR | 3 | 3 | 25% | No recorded overlap | 65m 22s | 2015-11-04 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “NN-SVG”. Its short rationale: Shawn McGrath discusses efficient GPU rendering of vector graphics in N++.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Why is recruiting developers so difficult?”. Its short rationale: Way to assess coding ability without fizzbuzz.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Ask HN: What is a better approach to interviewing?”. Its short rationale: Interview model showing how a candidate actually works.