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There's quite a few employers who like take-home assignments. However, just like GP experienced, that doesn't mean they will hire you based on take-home assignm
by NeverFade 7y ago
There's quite a few employers who like take-home assignments. However, just like GP experienced, that doesn't mean they will hire you based on take-home assignments alone.
So they'll have you do one before you even come onsite. Then if you pass, they'll run you through the same whiteboard loop we all know and love. Even if your take-home performance was fantastic, they'll still reject you if your onsite performance was anything short of.
- perl4ever 7y agoYeah, I've been there and done that. I'm sure that people justify it by assuming there will otherwise be cheating on the take-home. In practice, I take jobs that don't require demonstrating anything technical in the interview. But a take-home test would only add information, not take anything away. So there is no reason in principle someone couldn't use it to hire.
- NeverFade 7y agoThere is, if they want to hire strong candidates in this competitive market. A candidate like that will have 10+ companies trying to recruit them. Out of these, 9 will require 1-2 hours of remote screens at most for an onsite. The 10th will require a 5-10 hour take-home project for the same onsite. Which one will the strong candidate skip?
- perl4ever 7y agoI don't know, but if 10 companies are competing for one employee, then the 9 that inevitably fail obviously were using the wrong approach. You can't point to the similarities as evidence of the correct strategy, because by definition the differences were probative.