5 ms·
I would never spend 4 hours on a take home assignment for a job!
by LandR 6y ago
I would never spend 4 hours on a take home assignment for a job!
- muzani 6y agoWould you consider it reasonable if it were 4 hour on site? Or would you feel it's fair to be judged (and rejected) on a much shorter half hour one?
- LandR 6y agoI wouldn't do four hours on site either. Over here in the UK, its strange for an interview to run more than a couple of hours. Even at 90 mins I'd be getting restless and thinking of just leaving.
- bryanrasmussen 6y agoI don't know, this is what companies in my experience claim their take home tasks take - 2-4 hours, but it always turns out to be about 4 hours if you're lucky and absolutely nothing goes wrong at all (counting git clones, and pushes, and reading task description etc. etc.)
- decafninja 6y agoMost of the take-homes I've done were all-day (8+) tasks if you wanted to do it right (dealing with all edge cases, full unit tests, good UI if need be, etc. etc etc.) The company says not all of this is necessary, but you know the competition is going to go above and beyond, so you're screwed if you don't. Also, take home assignments are usually in addition to the whiteboard/leetcode round, not instead of. I've come to the conclusion that I'm just going to refuse any company that gives out take home assignments unless it's a FAANG-level (or similarly prestigious) company.
- maps7 6y agoI would and I would much rather that than multiple interviews