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- This seems to almost invite abuse. - Surely a better challenge would be to publish a brief but involved spec, then say "implement this API that returns your
by angusgr 15y ago
- This seems to almost invite abuse.
- Surely a better challenge would be to publish a brief but involved spec, then say "implement this API that returns your job application details." Then they can retrieve the job application from the applicants. Ideally, applicants also publish the source code somewhere, so they can see how you code.
- Oh wait, this is #1 on HN and getting tons of views. It has already worked out perfectly for them, and I should stop criticising. :)
- Deestan 15y ago> Surely a better challenge would be to publish a brief but involved spec, then say "implement this API that returns your job application details." I would personally interpret this as intolerably arrogant and lazy. "Dance, code monkey, dance!" They require me to spend a few hours coding instead of them looking at my resume and projects for a few minutes.
- angusgr 15y agoThat's fair enough. Then again, some companies do similar things, like Dropbox with the Dropbox Challenge: http://www.dropbox.com/jobs/challenges http://www.dropbox.com/jobs/challenges