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"I won't spend a sizable chunk of my free time so they can tick some boxes about my coding skills..." but you don't mind spending an entire day (for which you p
by EliRivers 11y ago
"I won't spend a sizable chunk of my free time so they can tick some boxes about my coding skills..." but you don't mind spending an entire day (for which you presumably took a day off work, if you're currently employed) doing it at their place of business?
- kentosi 11y agoI came here to say this. Also, as an Australian who recently went to the US to do programmer job interviews, I was shocked at how widespread the idea of "whole-day interviews" were. I find it overly self-important and inappropriate when companies ask potential candidates to take an entire day off their existing jobs to come in and jump through hoops for them. You can fire someone quite easily in the probation period if they don't perform as expected. So if after a phone screening test and a 2 hour in-office coding challenge a company can't determine a developer's worth then there's something wrong in its entire hiring process altogether. /rant