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Software engineering interviews are broken. I have been casually looking and interviewed a few places. All of which have been terrible experiences. I recently
by harryquach 3y ago
Software engineering interviews are broken. I have been casually looking and interviewed a few places. All of which have been terrible experiences.
I recently applied for a startup who is active on HN. The first step was a take-home challenge which I spend a decent amount of time completing. My solution executed all provided test cases and I thought it was pretty clever. I received a rejection saying it didn't pass an internal test case, no other details provided.
Not sure what the solution is to a better interview and hiring experience but I commiserate with your sentiment.
- logicalmonster 3y ago1) Be wary of companies that try and use take-home tests for free labor. According to Glassdoor reviews, ClipboardHealth is one that comes to mind that is allegedly notorious for this. 2) Asking for a "take-home" challenge before even having a 10-15 minute phone conversation and seeing if the position might be a mutual fit is incredibly disrespectful. I understand that getting a good job might involve jumping through some hoops, but asking for that as the initial contact in a recruitment process is incredibly scammy feeling and disrespectful.
- harryquach 3y agoI agree and will pass on all take home before initial call, lesson learned I suppose.
- red-iron-pine 3y agoall interviews are pretty broken. both sides fundamentally have a reason to lie, and interviewing for deeply technical knowledge fields is hard. after a few years in IT and Engineering I'm starting to think the Apprenticeship model used by the trades might be a better approach.