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Actually, Amazon will sometimes give out "homework" assignments after the initial phone interview usually comprising of 2-6 hours of work.
by shoota 15y ago
Actually, Amazon will sometimes give out "homework" assignments after the initial phone interview usually comprising of 2-6 hours of work.
- gensym 15y agoFair enough. The difference between giving out homework after giving a potential candidate a change to talk with future coworkers than doing it before is huge. Companies that bitch about how hard it is to find skilled programmers shouldn't be making it harder for skilled programmers find out why they should be interested in working for said companies.
- earl 15y agoThat's fair, but that's after the initial phone screen. I'm with jrockway: if you want me to complete a coding exercise before both (1) the initial phone screen with an internal recruiter and (2) a technical phone screen, then I just stop responding to emails. Companies get zero work before they give me a reason to be interested, and I am absolutely not going to take a test just to try to talk someone into looking at my resume. You have to sell me before I donate hours of my time. And I don't think I'm the only candidate that feels this way...