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But 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 ago
  Compare 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 ago
    Those 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 ago
    should read: CCIE test .. one day. Same length as the pair programming exercise.