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Why bother giving a take-home test if you don't trust the results? Why compare the results to work done in a completely different medium with no opportunity to
by rcfox 7y ago
Why bother giving a take-home test if you don't trust the results?
Why compare the results to work done in a completely different medium with no opportunity to iterate on the output, take a break or work comfortably?
If you assign a take-home test, make the interview focus on discussing the product.
- shultays 7y agoBecause you can eliminate most applicants that way by cutting no/poor submissions
- chipperyman573 7y agoYes but you also cut all the people who are good enough they know they can get a job somewhere that doesn't pull something like this.
- lacker 7y agoWhy bother giving a take-home test if you don't trust the results? You can have one-way trust in a take-home. If they don't meet your quality bar, you can discard the resume. And it takes near zero work on the company's part, that's why so many companies like it. However, some people will just get a lot of help on the take-home. So it isn't fair to the other applicants if you treat a take-home as anything other than a filter.