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> I am yet to hear any story of any candidate that was interested in the position but walked away due to the way that the process is conducted. Thank you for m

> I am yet to hear any story of any candidate that was interested in the position but walked away due to the way that the process is conducted. Thank you for making my point. Why would you ever hear about it? This is the "British Rails" fallacy in action. (A long time ago, the British Rail organization had heard complaints that residents of a local community weren't satisfied with the once-daily train service it received. Its response was there was no need for a second train, because at the times considered, no one was standing on the platform waiting to board it). Nice coconut earmuffs.

rglullis 8y ago
> Thank you for making my point. Why would you ever hear about it? Seems like the one that does not want to listen is you. The take home task is only communicated during the preliminary interview with the recruiter (i.e, it is not something that is required to start the application process) and we do get feedback from candidates that have withdrawn their application. And while we had cases of people that withdrawn for various reasons (company size/culture, process adopted, being too "startupy" for a German company, or even simply getting a better offer somewhere else) the take-home task is yet to be mentioned as an issue. In the end, your reasons for being against take-home tasks are not really against the idea of take-home tasks, just some of the implementations you've been through. Your "point" does not stand.