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I don't think your premise is accurate because you don't have insight into how much, if any, time the company invests in reviewing take homes. As a reviewer, I
by lbrito 4y ago
I don't think your premise is accurate because you don't have insight into how much, if any, time the company invests in reviewing take homes.
As a reviewer, I sure spent considerable time reviewing take homes. As an applicant I got extremely thoughtful and detailed reviews.
Conversely, I've interviewed at least as many times in code challenges with unhelpful, absent-minded interviewers.
To me it boils down to sync VS async. I default to async always. Take home is async, code challenge is sync.
- throwaway81523 4y ago> As a reviewer, I sure spent considerable time reviewing take homes. You mean like 4 hours reviewing? I'll believe you, but it surprises me. Anyway I can only go by what I can see. If you've already got a candidate you mostly like, you might solicit more take homes hoping to get one that blows you away, and take only a minute each to spot that none of them do. > As an applicant I got extremely thoughtful and detailed reviews. That's cool to hear. I myself have never gotten any kind of feedback to a take-home, beyond "hey, you did that really well, let's move forward to a live interview", or alternatively, dropping communication. I do understand that sync is more hassle for you than async, but that is part of what makes it an honest signal.