Here's my problem with pre-interview coding tests: 1. The employer is just sending the coding test as a form letter to everyone who submits a resume. I can su

Here's my problem with pre-interview coding tests: 1. The employer is just sending the coding test as a form letter to everyone who submits a resume. I can submit the test, ace it, THEN they read my resume and decide I'm a bad fit. So I wasted my time. I've done several coding tests where I know I aced it, and still no interview. Why am I wasting my time on this? 2. I do the test, get an interview, and now they decide I'm a "bad cultural fit". If you're going to reject me for a flaky reason like "bad cultural fit", then you should do it BEFORE you make me waste time on a pre-interview screening test. But as you said, the test is a useful way to filter out bad employers. If they ask me for a coding test, I don't do it, knowing I'm not missing much. Suppose there are 5 people willing to proceed directly to a phone interview and 20 people who want me to take a 1-8 hour coding test first. As a candidate, who am I going to spend my limited job search time on?