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There's a small list of companies I'd do a, "Take home test," for. In my experience, most companies that ask for it are looking for free labor.
by levythe 7y ago
There's a small list of companies I'd do a, "Take home test," for. In my experience, most companies that ask for it are looking for free labor.
- crummy 7y agoI've never done a take home test that produced anything that could have been vaguely useful for the interviewing company. Usually the problems are pretty artificial.
- mjfisher 7y agoThey absolutely should be artificial problems. If they're not carefully designed to test what the hiring company cares about, it's a bad test
- blackflame7000 7y agoWell if they are good enough for you to put their code into your program then shouldn't they be good enough to be offered a job? Seems like it works exactly as intended in terms of trying to find someone who can do the job
- levythe 7y agoI've had multiple take home tests result in changes to the products that company offers. I've never received a job offer from those companies. Maybe your experience differs, but I've had a sour taste left by such practice.