We (Gobble.com) pay for the two-day trial (the last step after phone screen and after-hours skype session) we ask candidates to partake in -- and we only have t

We (Gobble.com) pay for the two-day trial (the last step after phone screen and after-hours skype session) we ask candidates to partake in -- and we only have that trial as a way for both the candidate and us to try each other out before an official offer is made. I hate it when people don't reply promptly, and I endeavor to follow-up to each stage within 24 hours either way. Then again, I am a programmer directly hiring other programmers so I know what it's like. At those bigger places, you aren't interacting with the people you'd actually work with =/ We are hiring people to hack with ruby -- nerds@gobble.com