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Why not time the programming task? Since it's supposed to take about two hours you could ask them to choose a two hour slot, email them the task at that time an
by tziki 6y ago
Why not time the programming task? Since it's supposed to take about two hours you could ask them to choose a two hour slot, email them the task at that time and have them return it two hours later. This wouldn't penalize people who choose to abide by the time guideline vs more dishonest candidates.
- ProZsolt 6y agoWhen I have limited amount of time even if it's more than enough I get stressed. When I'm on a job I have time to think about the problem, come up a rough solution in my head then start coding. If I have a hard limit I don't think that much because what if I don't have enough time to write it down? In the sort thinking phase I came up with a subpar architecture, but even if I have an extra half hour in the endI can't really change it or worst You cant finish it because I didn't think of an edge case.
- twic 6y agoIf your slot starts, and then something comes up - your elderly grandmother phones, your internet goes down, your roof springs a leak - that would be pretty annoying.
- cutemonster 6y agoWhat about visiting a coworking space and blocking your grandmother's number? Temporarily only