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If the author was really being asked to implement features in a codebase that were expected to go live at end of day that's just exploitative and they have ever
by tbrake 13y ago
If the author was really being asked to implement features in a codebase that were expected to go live at end of day that's just exploitative and they have every right to be upset at being asked to do that for free.
- cpayne 13y agoBut who offers to do a technical test for the entire day? For me, any interview going longer than an hour has some serious issues...
- VLM 13y agoCompare to some actual technical tests. A CCIE test has varied thru the ages but seems to have stabilized at an hour. I have no idea what an entry level dotcom would need with someone operating at that level, but it probably happens. The problem is at a CCIE lab test you're being evaluated by people more or less as good as you, but your average dotcom will be hiring you because you know more than them in a specific area not because they're smarter than you and they need to staff a team of underlings. probably. Maybe A / B teams or rotating pager duty with another CCIE. Maybe. Look into the length of an oral PHD thesis defense. That's usually not a full day. I would agree that in comparison to existing standards a full day is way too long.
- danielweber 13y agoThose are once-off tests. I didn't have to take an SAT for every college I applied to 5 million years ago, but I took one, and all the schools used the test. If I'm looking at three places and each of them want me to sacrifice a day for the interview, that's a lot of my time, especially if I am currently employed.
- VLM 13y agoshould read: CCIE test .. one day. Same length as the pair programming exercise.