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I was bummed out recently when I did a take home test for a local start-up, which asked me to build a full web app. I spent 4-6 hours on it making sure it was p
by CryoLogic 11y ago
I was bummed out recently when I did a take home test for a local start-up, which asked me to build a full web app. I spent 4-6 hours on it making sure it was perfect - just to turn it and and get told I did a great job but they decided they didn't really want to hire any non-senior engineers and where just testing the waters.
This is happening a lot in Seattle recently - the job market is here is terrible for anyone except senior devs (which it is great for!).
- maxaf 11y agoPoor execution doesn't invalidate the idea. Happened to me too, although on a smaller scale. 4-6 hours is a bit much for a take-home evaluation project. If it can't be reasonably done by a distracted person in 4 hours, it's too hard/too long for a take-home test. Hopefully people will learn to do this right over time. Or, someone might solidify a common platform for doing this, a-la HackerRank or any of the other similar services.
- robryan 11y agoI would be surprised if a well constructed 2 hour test wasn't able to give you enough information on their structure and approach. 4-6 hours probably results in the candidate filling in a lot of basic details to get something to actually work that will tell the interviewer little more than the 1-2 hours spent implementing the core parts of the task.
- vonmoltke 11y agoPoor execution doesn't invalidate the idea but it does hurt its effectiveness by making candidates gun-shy.