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Prized developers aren't going to participate in many coding-contest-as-hiring-lottery situations unless they're just really interested in the problem. For a c
by ben1040 15y ago
Prized developers aren't going to participate in many coding-contest-as-hiring-lottery situations unless they're just really interested in the problem.
For a competent developer, a "cover letter brainteaser" that takes an hour to do is essentially equivalent to a $100+ application fee (in terms of opportunity cost).
- nopassrecover 15y agoRight and many disagree with the idea of paying for application (see also the similar concepts of "no spec work" and "don't pay to pitch")
- hessenwolf 15y agoI actually haven't applied to Google specifically because they require at least 6 interviews. Maybe they wouldn't want me anyway, but we're certainly not going to find out.