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Even worse is when their application process is "different" and they ask that you write code addressing some specific problem to submit with your resume. I'm no
by ohyoutravel 10y ago
Even worse is when their application process is "different" and they ask that you write code addressing some specific problem to submit with your resume. I'm not talking something simple, but a well thought out problem that requires a few hundred lines.
I get that they're trying to be different and evaluate candidates on metrics other than just resume, but to send that kind of thing in (which takes a week of effort outside of your real job) and receive no acknowledgement or response to a follow up a couple weeks later is lame.
- xapata 10y agoIs it possible they didn't expect the problem to require a few hundred lines?
- ohyoutravel 10y agoWell, that's not the point. The point is they didn't acknowledge that I submitted anything at all, and didn't acknowledge me after a follow up email a couple weeks later. That is always annoying, but in especially poor taste when you ask the applicant to complete a coding challenge before submission.
- xapata 10y agoI don't like nonresponsive folks either, but it's par for the course. Consider that before putting effort into a coding challenge or whatever they're asking of you.
- amingilani 10y agoI was recently stupid enough to have had taken a task involving Spring Boot. I literally had to learn Java in a week make a web application using it in a week. The recruiter knew my inexperience with the technology but have it as "a challenge to observe my performance in an unfamiliar setting." It made that rejection much worse. Particularly when I had my code judged for a framework I'd only used for a week.