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Candidates that have offers from other companies that didn't ask them for homework will probably go for these companies first. We scheduled 8 people for interv
by frandroid 9y ago
Candidates that have offers from other companies that didn't ask them for homework will probably go for these companies first. We scheduled 8 people for interviews last week and 2 of them dropped out before their scheduled interview times because they took jobs elsewhere. Unless you're a top-tier tech employer, you don't have the luxury of asking candidates to do leg work.
- akras14 9y agoYes, this 100% imho
- cholantesh 9y agoMany candidates also interpret this as an attempt to get free work out of them, too. I personally don't mind them, so long as they're well-designed.
- kowdermeister 9y agoThese assignments are tasks that are no way could be used in production, at better places these are even paid assignments. I've seen more than one ad like that.
- kowdermeister 9y agoSmall companies do it here (Europe), not sure about the US. I would happily do the leg work if I really dig the company. If they drop out from the queue, they probably prioritized you lower, not a big loss.
- sigsergv 9y agoA friend of mine got absolutely amazing task from one company: write and publish on github extension to LLVM. It was some really simple language, nothing practical, but this whole task tests so much skills so my friend was really enjoyed doing it.