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0 pointsintelVISA3y ago0 comments

No issue with take home approach, I think it's incredibly valuable if done in a manner that respects everybody's time.

Personally I'd probably do some sort of FizzBuzz/LC easy type low filter and then a fast (i.e. no compiled langs) take home in an area adjacent to the job description paid at said job's rate with a time expectation so you don't end up getting billed 20hrs for a Node RESTful API.

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gsibble3y ago

We very infrequently get asked to reimburse for time but we do limit how much when we do.

We usually give various challenges as take homes which people find fun and engaging, projects that I myself have spent hours or even days trying to solve in my spare time. We want them to be fun. We rarely get complaints.

We're happy to accomodate if you'd rather do it in person or over zoom. It's really up to the applicant.

intelVISAOP3y ago

I can appreciate that and obviously what you're doing is working out for you :)

Guess I'm prob the odd one out here -- unless the job was incredible (like pair programming with J Carmack) I wouldn't be able to commit to any meaningful unpaid take home as I can spend that time programming for profit rather than solving challenges for a company that may or may not work out.

gsibble3y ago

That's fine and up to you. Our interview process is extremely streamlined and requires 1/2 - 1/5 the time of most engineering interview processes. We do require someone to show they are capable of doing the work. How would you prefer to do that so I can take your feedback into account?

intelVISAOP3y ago

That really is the $1m question huh, wish I knew tbh. Even ignoring the unpaid work aspect the other Catch-22 is sure, you might filter a few "only good on paper" candidates but if you're hiring "top talent" what is a 5min Flask API going to prove?

For a coding eval like that to be useful beyond jr level it'd need to be decently complex which usually takes a while to develop. Maybe an open ended (upfront no expectation of completion) kinda "see how far you can get in 1hr on this complex thing" could be a fair middle ground as laying some good groundwork is a pretty solid insight into their coding process.

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gsibble3y ago

We very infrequently get asked to reimburse for time but we do limit how much when we do.

We're happy to accomodate if you'd rather do it in person or over zoom. It's really up to the applicant.

intelVISAOP3y ago

I can appreciate that and obviously what you're doing is working out for you :)

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