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What would you do if a candidate turned down your home coding assignment, but gave you one of the coding assignments he completed for a different job interview?
by ScottFree 8y ago
What would you do if a candidate turned down your home coding assignment, but gave you one of the coding assignments he completed for a different job interview?
- maehwasu 8y ago(I'm not OP) My concern would be that the candidate might have memorized the explanation for his code, and would be able to discuss it despite not having written it. I agree with the DRY intuition though: making coders repeat code challenges/assignments is stupid. Some sort of verification or credentialing after completion of assignment, signed by a 3rd party, would be really cool.
- mooreds 8y agoHmm. We had one candidate who had an exceptional resume and walked us through an open source project that he wrote. It was an adequate substitute. We wouldn't compensate for a project like you mentioned but the real goal of the exercise is to gain an understanding of how you approach a problem and use your tools.