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> When I'm hiring I usually set challenges of about 40 minutes, an hour and a half max. No. Forty minutes is far too little time. Many people take 10-15 minute
by jnbiche 9y ago
> When I'm hiring I usually set challenges of about 40 minutes, an hour and a half max.
No. Forty minutes is far too little time. Many people take 10-15 minutes to even get settled into coding. I can't imagine a meaningful, applied, realistic exercise that would take 40 minutes, unless you're wanting basic data structures like a linked list, or a basic sorting algorithm, or something.
You're missing a lot of good people that way, but I guess that's just collateral damage in the quest for the perfect hire, right?
- frgtpsswrdlame 9y agoExcept your path is the one that has lots of long, burdensome take home tests. Some people have time commitments and/or other jobs to apply to but I guess those people are just collateral damage in your quest for the perfect hire, right?
- jnbiche 9y agoIs it possible that there could be a happy medium?
- frgtpsswrdlame 9y agoAn 1-1.5 hour test is a happy medium.
- jnbiche 9y agoI would agree that 1.5 hour test is a happy medium. I'd prefer 2 hours.
- planetjones 9y agoI am guessing fizzbuzz or something similar. I was applied for a job and got asked to do an n queens programming task. It was for a commodity trading firm. I told them no thanks. When I set code exercises I craft them myself and make them appropriate to the job on offer.