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"Homework exercises are a large burden on the candidate" People keep saying that, but I'd MUCH, MUCH rather do a single couple of hour "homework exercise" that
by georgemcbay 11y ago
"Homework exercises are a large burden on the candidate"
People keep saying that, but I'd MUCH, MUCH rather do a single couple of hour "homework exercise" that I can submit than do a full day (or more!) of "implement whatever pet algorithm/data structure I think is really swell" for like 3-6 different people in series, which is how a horrifyingly large amount of companies still tend to do things.
Give me a task, let me do it, have your tech people discuss my solution amongst themselves. If they like my solution bring me in to discuss it (to verify I didn't "cheat") and to determine culture fit. Seems like a lot less wasted time for everyone with far few of the stressors (hard time pressure, etc) that make most tech interviews so amazingly terrible.
- sotojuan 11y ago> People keep saying that, but I'd MUCH, MUCH rather do a single couple of hour "homework exercise" that I can submit than do a full day (or more!) of "implement whatever pet algorithm/data structure I think is really swell" for like 3-6 different people in series, which is how a horrifyingly large amount of companies still tend to do things. The best part is that a lot of companies make you do both : ) I've had that happen to me.