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This interviewing method suffers from the tragedy of the commons. It works great when almost nobody is doing it because if most of your interviews are tradition
by morgante 10y ago
This interviewing method suffers from the tragedy of the commons. It works great when almost nobody is doing it because if most of your interviews are traditional it's easy to squeeze in 1-2 homework assignments a week.
However, it would be totally unworkable if most companies were to adopt it. Try finishing a dozen homework programs during a typical job search.
- RandallBrown 10y agoIf it's supposed to be 2 hours of work, then it wouldn't be too big of an issue. Even a simple phone screen is going to eat up 2 hours of my day, much less the full day interviews that most big tech companies do.
- morgante 10y agoIn practice, I rarely see assignments that are actually 2 hours. Even this article suggests giving candidates the weekend.
- patrickdavey 10y agoYes, which is interesting, as 2 hours != the weekend..
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- moconnor 10y agoIf they're all paying $100/hr you don't need an actual job, you can just perform a dozen interview questions a week and down the offers.
- morgante 10y agoIf you want to be a freelancer, you can do a lot better than $100/hr and spending 2+ hours to source each (small) gig.