It’s never nothing, but it’s a matter of whether that something is enough of a differentiator.
More so, can they demonstrate that in interviews. We specifically structure our interviews so coding is only one part of them, and try and suss out other aspects of a candidate (problem solving, project leading, working with different disciplines) and then weight those against the needs of the role to avoid over indexing on any specific aspect. It also lets us see if there are other roles for them that might be better fits.
So a weak coder has opportunities to show other qualities. But generally someone interviewing for a coding heavy role who isn’t a strong coder tends to not sufficiently demonstrate those other qualities. Though of course there are exceptions.
It’s never nothing, but it’s a matter of whether that something is enough of a differentiator.
More so, can they demonstrate that in interviews. We specifically structure our interviews so coding is only one part of them, and try and suss out other aspects of a candidate (problem solving, project leading, working with different disciplines) and then weight those against the needs of the role to avoid over indexing on any specific aspect. It also lets us see if there are other roles for them that might be better fits.
So a weak coder has opportunities to show other qualities. But generally someone interviewing for a coding heavy role who isn’t a strong coder tends to not sufficiently demonstrate those other qualities. Though of course there are exceptions.