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If we assume you actually want to work for this company (because culture, what they do etc.) then is it too much to risk one of your weekends? Do you think it's

If we assume you actually want to work for this company (because culture, what they do etc.) then is it too much to risk one of your weekends? Do you think it's not worth the risk? If it's not worth the risk do you think it's a good hire for that company? Because in that case you clearly don't care much about the company and will jump the ship when next slightly better opportunity arrives. Possibly I'm assuming too much and don't mean this to be personal but I'm really curious, is this the case or am I missing something? Personally I feel about $100-200 fee as well, if the candidate is looking for compensation to build something fictional in 2 hours, is that candidate really care about your company, and is it a good idea to hire people who joins to your company just because you happen to be paying decent salary and they don't have a better option at the moment?

fringedgentian 11y ago
> Personally I feel about $100-200 fee as well, if the candidate is looking for compensation to build something fictional in 2 hours, is that candidate really care about your company, and is it a good idea to hire people who joins to your company just because you happen to be paying decent salary and they don't have a better option at the moment? The money is more of a token to show that the company values the candidate's time and is not having them complete this coding challenge lightly.
- fmavituna 11y ago
  > The money is more of a token to show that the company values the candidate's time and is not having them complete this coding challenge lightly. That's my point. If a candidate takes it lightly because you didn't pay some dollars, does she care enough? If not, is she still a good hire? Do you want to hire someone who doesn't care about the job or the company enough to even fail to provide full effort on their first assignment?
  - lwelyk 11y ago
    Why should an employee care a lot about a /potential/ job, especially if everyone they're talking to is doing the same thing?
sundaeofshock 11y ago
> If it's not worth the risk do you think it's a good hire for that company? Because in that case you clearly don't care much about the company and will jump the ship when next slightly better opportunity arrives. And what's wrong with that? You are basically asking for a loyalty from the employee that is almost never returned by the company.
karmajunkie 11y ago
It's not a matter of risk. It's a matter of whether a candidate is at all able to work on something like this over a weekend. A weekend assignment presumes a certain lifestyle and implicitly discriminates against candidates who don't have that life. Primarily this affects single parents and individuals who are caretakers, but I'm probably leaving out a host of other reasons.

fringedgentian 11y ago

> Personally I feel about $100-200 fee as well, if the candidate is looking for compensation to build something fictional in 2 hours, is that candidate really care about your company, and is it a good idea to hire people who joins to your company just because you happen to be paying decent salary and they don't have a better option at the moment? The money is more of a token to show that the company values the candidate's time and is not having them complete this coding challenge lightly.

fmavituna 11y ago
> The money is more of a token to show that the company values the candidate's time and is not having them complete this coding challenge lightly. That's my point. If a candidate takes it lightly because you didn't pay some dollars, does she care enough? If not, is she still a good hire? Do you want to hire someone who doesn't care about the job or the company enough to even fail to provide full effort on their first assignment?
- lwelyk 11y ago
  Why should an employee care a lot about a /potential/ job, especially if everyone they're talking to is doing the same thing?

sundaeofshock 11y ago

> If it's not worth the risk do you think it's a good hire for that company? Because in that case you clearly don't care much about the company and will jump the ship when next slightly better opportunity arrives. And what's wrong with that? You are basically asking for a loyalty from the employee that is almost never returned by the company.

karmajunkie 11y ago

It's not a matter of risk. It's a matter of whether a candidate is at all able to work on something like this over a weekend. A weekend assignment presumes a certain lifestyle and implicitly discriminates against candidates who don't have that life. Primarily this affects single parents and individuals who are caretakers, but I'm probably leaving out a host of other reasons.