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I just switched to coderpad.io, and so far I really like it - it takes the place of a phone interview. I'm looking for JS engineers, so I've set up a series of
by alexwebb2 11y ago
I just switched to coderpad.io, and so far I really like it - it takes the place of a phone interview. I'm looking for JS engineers, so I've set up a series of stub functions representing problems - with corresponding tests for each of them. If they can make all of the tests pass within half an hour, they advance. They can ask all the questions they want, search the internet, whatever gets the job done.
For the in-person interview, I sit them in front of a laptop and give them one hour to develop a ToDo app from scratch. Bonus points for things like test cases, mobile deployment, multi-user support, you get the idea.
- innocentoldguy 11y agoHere's the thing though. I find these sorts of tasks a waste of my time. I know from personal experience that I can ditch your interview and go get hired by numerous other companies who don't waste my time with drawn out interview processes. Therefore, you're not really testing my skills as much as you are my patience, and I simply don't want to be bothered. I know a lot of other engineers who feel the same way. Now, if you want to pay me $80 an hour to code a bunch of fluff for you, great! Otherwise, I'm more inclined to look for shorter paths to entry elsewhere.