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I would assume that a longer programming task would only take place in the very final rounds of interviews, where it's clear that the candidate is a potential h

by yason 12y ago

I would assume that a longer programming task would only take place in the very final rounds of interviews, where it's clear that the candidate is a potential hire and the company just wants to be sure that the candidate can do non-trivial work, walk through his code, have it reviewed and discuss the problems found. Starting with a programming problem that takes hours is simply being lazy from the company's part. It's easy to hand out and review but a lot of work for the candidate.

personx 12y ago
that's the dream but there are some companies which send out their pre-baked "weekend projects" after the initial hr screening and I'm talking about large corporations (the new york times for example) which isn't terrible at first but results in lots of trying to look up what practices the company in question follows and prefers and what they are actually looking for personally I really need human feedback rather then 8 hours at my desk guessing and searching for what's being looked for it's one of those situations where I see the value for the interviewer but as the applicant it's completely sucks especially when you have 4 sample projects to write at home while juggling phone interviews and you know having a life/job