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Doing contract work via take home seems like a nice balance here as even people with kids have 2-3 hours free after kids go to bed. Done over a few nights in a
by bmj 13y ago
Doing contract work via take home seems like a nice balance here as even people with kids have 2-3 hours free after kids go to bed. Done over a few nights in a week makes much more sense.
Initially, I was going to react negatively to this (as a father of two kids under the age of 11), but the more I think I about it, the more I like it. I assume that if I was scheduled for a technical interview, I'd likely spend at least 10 hours preparing for it (with perhaps only a bit of assurance that I had prepared properly). If I were given a ~10 hour contract project, I would know the problem up front, and be free to complete it without the stress of a whiteboard session.
- Bartweiss 13y agoFor me this part about preparation is the hidden value of this approach. For most interviewees the interview isn't a 2 hour process, it's far more time spent in potentially-irrelevant preparation. It seems like companies might as well turn that time into a more direct skills evaluation.
- bmj 13y agoAnd, if I'm reading you correctly, it may end up being a benefit to the interviewee, too. At the end of the process, whether I got the job or not, I have additional "implemented X in Y" experience.
- Bartweiss 13y agoI'm slightly embarrassed to say that didn't even occur to me, but yes. It makes the interview experience helpful for something other than more interviews.