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Right with you buddy. I no longer accept coding challenges or even interviews that go over 30 min. I tell them my services are $150/hour. If you want me to do
by robodale 11y ago
Right with you buddy. I no longer accept coding challenges or even interviews that go over 30 min. I tell them my services are $150/hour. If you want me to do a 4-8 hour exercise for the privilege of interviewing further then make it worth my time...just like any other consulting gig I do.
- robodale 11y agoI should add that no company has taken me up on my offer. I'm too busy with work to care anyway.
- NotSammyHagar 11y agoWow, that's self confidence. Paying someone for the homework problem feels semi-okay. But what if you have a no-moonlighting clause at your current job? But asking to be paid during the interview seems too much, even though you could have spent 3 days of your life, traveling each way plus the interview day.
- avalaunch 11y agoAsking to be paid during an interview seems too much but a 4-8 hour interview doesn't seem too much? The average interview length across all industries is 40 minutes. Asking interviewers to spend 4+ hours on the hope of a job offer seems a tall demand. I think asking to be paid seems a fair counter to what is otherwise a very unfair ask.
- driverdan 11y agoWhat you're actually saying is "I have enough freelance / contract work and am not looking for a full time job." I said similar things when I was freelancing. If you were actually looking for a full time position you'd do the interview. It's completely reasonable to require an unpaid interview from a candidate.
- mamoswined 11y agoNot a multi hour one though. My first programming job interview was 6 hours and I had no idea that was even a thing. Now I inform places I'm interviewing "Hey I am taking 1.5 hours vacation/PTO whatever, so I need to be back at work after that time."