I think you learn a lot - way more than an interview will tell you. That’s true on both sides. As a candidate you get to see what the code quality is like, how

I think you learn a lot - way more than an interview will tell you. That’s true on both sides. As a candidate you get to see what the code quality is like, how the engineering process actually works, how communication works, etc. It’s not possible to do trials of significant length with a lot of folks. It can even just be a few hours and a simple bug fix task. We don’t typically do contract to hire over a prolonged period. Once we’ve built conviction we make full time W2 offers. We try to get there as quickly as possible and a paid test is one of the tools we use.