Timeline for Given a 'homework' tasks on a job interview?
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| Mar 17, 2018 at 18:39 | comment | added | rapt | I decline writing actual code as homework. If it's an interesting question, I would be willing to write down in a few words or read over the phone with one of their devs - the main points of the algorithm, how to make it more efficient, main test cases. Every reasonable person could take these instructions and translate them into code (within N hours). If it's not enough for them, then they have dumb management and I should not be there. Usually they decline my offer - win win! | |
| Feb 19, 2015 at 3:37 | comment | added | daaxix | Your last comment is a bit of an empty argument, it is more analogous to the local mechanic shop having a mechanic come into the shop and work for a day to assess his knowledge and technique. Of course, such a mechanic would be paid for his day of work. Perhaps these companies should pay a day's wages for these take home assignments? | |
| Jan 29, 2014 at 16:36 | comment | added | Xavier J | @Kate I'm a consultant and accordingly I am interviewing sometimes 2-3 times a year as a matter of course. This has actually happened to me a couple of times, but I got wise real quick. The first time (long ago), I'd driven about 80 miles to meet with a potential client and I didn't occur to me until I got home that the 'exam' i did was actually the crux of the technology the company was trying to implement. What's the saying... fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on ME... right? :) | |
| Jan 29, 2014 at 15:49 | comment | added | Kate Gregory | @codenoire if you really think they don't know the answers, and want yours for their revenue potential, don't work for them. But the chances of that are tiny. I would not run my business using code or other project output from people who wanted to work for me, and I doubt others would either. They want to know how good you are, that's all. | |
| Jan 28, 2014 at 19:46 | comment | added | Xavier J | For me it's not a question of demonstrating my skills. I can do that on paper, or by verbal question-and-answer. I just have a problem with solving a company's issue in the interview -- why should they pay someone who's dumb enough to give all the answers for free? | |
| Jan 28, 2014 at 19:43 | comment | added | Bor | Well, I don't mind to show my skills but in 2 hours should be enough. | |
| Jan 28, 2014 at 17:27 | history | answered | Xavier J | CC BY-SA 3.0 |