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The ones I truly hated were presented in some weird online not-a-real-text-editor format (unrealistic environment), and were also TIMED (unforgivable). I mean,
by makecheck 6y ago
The ones I truly hated were presented in some weird online not-a-real-text-editor format (unrealistic environment), and were also TIMED (unforgivable).
I mean, I’m not sure what you’re assessing if you throw 4 different problems at me to complete in an hour using an editor I’ve never seen before (that may have bugs of its own).
“Homework assignments” seem OK to me though; feel free to give me a few days in my environment of choice to produce quality work. Anything less is not a good benchmark.
- giantg2 6y agoI general agree that timed coding is not good. I had a similar experience. I don't know that take-home stuff is good either. It can allow some individuals to cheat.
- giantg2 6y agoWhy is this downvoted?
- olnluis 6y agoI would say take homes are good, but not by themselves. Instead of spending an hour in front of the applicant trying to solve a problem, let them take the challenge home, and spend 15 minutes afterwards letting them explain their solutions. You'll fish out cheaters by questioning their work.
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoIf your job is not either my only hope or my dream job, no, I'm not doing homework assignments that take a few days. I'm probably chasing several different places. 3 days homework times 10 places equals something that I do not have time in my life for. Nor am I going to make time for it to try to get into your company. You aren't that much better than anywhere else, so don't make it harder for me to get a job at your place.