Questions tagged [test]
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Manager banned tests and Linux [closed]
My manager demanded I stop writing tests and instead start using manual testing like before I joined the company. After I mentioned I couldn't find something using the package manager, they also ...
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Company wanted me to fill a personality test, I consequently lied, what now?
So they wanted it from me as part of my initiation. I dislike if they try to dig in my brain. So instead the true answers, I used my job interview experience to estimate, which answers would they like ...
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.NET developer test
I'm writing to ask if a company might serve as a suitable fit for me.
One firm I am applying to informed me that they would use external tests to evaluate my knowledge of .NET developing skills if I ...
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How much time should be spent on an assessment? Applied to entry level job that has 10 hour assessment
I have been making a renewed effort to find permanent work with my computer science degree. I have been doing retail work to pay rent etc. but now am focusing on finding a position that I can advance ...
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How should I deal with an invitation to take an interview coding test again, which I took in the past with the same company?
Tomorrow I'm going to take a coding test. The problem is that I passed the test 8 months ago. I took the questions and managed to solve them all by myself. I was even invited for a face to face ...
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Shall I hastily try to learn a coding language before a test even though I said I don't know it?
I had the first interview with a recruiter and before meeting the team there is a mandatory coding test at Hackerrank which consists of a database query language and a scripting language.
I mentioned ...
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Engineer here - All I do is test other peoples work, never design my own
Been at the company 4 years (1 year intern, 3 years after graduating). I used to do lots more design work but the last year or two all I ever do is test other peoples work. When I say test, I mean, ...
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Am I being unreasonable with technical tests that take more than 1 hour for each role I apply to? [closed]
For tech tests longer than 1 hour, would it be okay to send an invoice (VAT exempt; personal)?
For questions read from sheet of paper e.g. what is an abstract class, I think I've only used it a couple ...
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How to respond to the question, "is this a drill?" from staff during a scheduled site evac?
Sorry if this is not the right board, I wasn't sure where to ask this.
We have a scheduled fire drill next week at work. We are not informing staff in advance.
I am one of the admins onsite having to ...
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A tool for remote inverview testing
We are looking to hire software developers.
The current trend right now is to give candidates a challenge before even talking to them. Most of these are at least a couple of hours long.
I think it's ...
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Where to draw the line for the number of hours it takes to perform an unpaid recruitment test?
I'm applying for a permanent, remote web developer position. Initial interview took place, now I must submit a test which should take me between a half and a full day of work.
I know one issue is ...
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Accepted job offer but did poorly on assessment test [closed]
I was interviewed by a company and was offered a job. I accepted the job offer and salary and the starting date was also agreed upon. The HR person present during the interview told me that they will ...
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What does the employeer expect from a Data Scientist assessment test
I did my first interview and the next step is an assessment. I received a "big data set" and the task only says "We would like to know what clusters there are using the provided data ...
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Employee Test Result Failure Revealed
I recently (and embarrasingly) failed an email phishing test at work when I should have known better. At the time I was distracted and not paying attention properly and it caught me out, which proves ...
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What would be a professional response to “unfair” testing methods during a job interview
I recently interviewed with a medium sized company. The job description was very general, one requirement was:
Good knowledge of at least one of the following languages: JavaScript, Python, C#, Ruby
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What to do after doing poorly in an (online) assessment because time ran out?
I was contacted by a recruiter from a large company. He asked me to do an online assessment to check my technical proficiency. He gave me a broad list of topics to study. I did the practice assessment ...
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Paying for my own online course class to determine whether I can get into the company
So I just had this interview with the CEO of this company. He told me that every interviewee is required to take a test on Coursera. If he or she get 80% and above, he will make an offer and I can get ...
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When doing an online assessment for a potential employer, is it expected to use resources on the web? [closed]
A recruiter from a a large tech company is asking me to do an online assessment. It is timed and done through a website. There is a practice version of the test I have taken. I'm wondering if I'm ...
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Given 2 weeks to prepare for an assessment, how much time should I actually use to study?
A while ago I applied to work at a large tech company. Recently a recruiter of theirs has contacted me. They would like me to do an online assessment. The rules are I have 2 weeks to start the ...
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I flunked a technical test because some of their expected answers were wrong! Should I let the company know?
A company I completed a technical test for sent me the list of their expected answers and why they thought my answers were wrong.
One of them was a SQL query which, if one were to implement it as ...
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During hiring have to repeat test for a third time after passing it twice, what for?
I applied for a job.
During the application process, I was asking to accomplish an engineering test. I passed the test. Eventually I was offered the position but the HR was a bit unprofessional and ...
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Not allowed to use google during programming test
I have an online programming test for an entry level analytics consultant role. I have always referred online code or documentation during programming but in the test I am not allowed to do so. Now I ...
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how to practice for numeracy tests in the insurance industry in the UK?
I often see IT job advertisements that mention a numeracy test.
These are generally Insurance companies.
This is all based in London Uk.
Here is a partial view of one of such advertisements as an ...
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What's an effective way to make sure I'm prepared for an online aptitude test while applying for a job?
I just got an invitation to participate in an online psychometric test (the first step of the recruitment process in the company where I applied).
I'm worried. I feel nervous and am scared that I ...
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Sent technical test that was impossible, but other candidates completed it
I was sent a technical test by a potential employer that was impossible to complete. The test contained invalid code under a "Do not change this code" comment. In addition, the web page had glaring ...
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How to step back from applying to a job if I realize I can't solve the given assignment?
I'm looking for a new job as a software developer and I applied to many job for which the stack necessary involves languages I'm not familiar with, yet I'm confident I can learn in time.
For one of ...
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Contact potential employer about erroneous assessment questions or not?
This was a relatively simple assessment but two of the questions I consider to be erroneous or suspect at best. I reached out to the person that sent me the assessment and voiced my concerns after ...
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Is it okay to use open source code to do an interview task?
What is the line between using open source code and writing the code by your own for completing an interview task?
Obviously, I don't need to implement a task from scratch but is it okay to use ...
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Should I slow down the counter at the online psychometric test in order to get more time and give more correct answers? [closed]
As part of a selection before an interview for a position in a bank, I need to undergo a psychometric test.
Of course, the aim of the company is to select a single candidate which will fit the best ...
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Submitted an incomplete online coding test due to browser error
So here is a maybe interesting but awful story that only just happened.
I'm applying for a well known game company, not EA big, but most of you will know if I say it.
They are interested in my CV ...
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Should I accept the pre-interview coding take home challenge? [closed]
I applied to a company and got a phone interview with their in-house recruiter. During the call, he/she did indicate that there will be a technical test. When I asked clarity on what it was they said ...
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Should I email a prospective employer regarding my written performance in an online test?
Today I took a timed online test for a company I want to work for. It consisted mostly of technical questions, as well as some interview-style written questions (“why do you want to work for us?”, “...
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Include Restrictive License on Take Home Project
I was given a take home test after an interview that took me a lot of time to complete. The project includes an API, realtime database backend and a mobile frontend with remote notifications.
Is ...
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Is it common to require a candidate to take an automatically-graded online coding test if they have lots of demonstrable material online?
Short version: I had an experience with a recruiter that I think was not fair, due to how much time was spent responding to emails and calls, and then being presented with a test. Where's the line to ...
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Huge interview test seems like real (free) work for the company
I have applied for a Junior Product Manager position at a mobile gaming company (in Germany). After a standard phone screening, I was sent a test by email to complete in order to go further with the ...
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How to deal with work for free as part of hiring process when I already have a job?
It takes 1 to 3 weeks but I don't know what to do with my current job that I don't want to lose it, if I failed in the test. It's an on site test and the office is in my city. They told me it's about ...
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HR employee sent me code test but not know open .c file. Serious problems?
In 2017 I applied for an iOS programmer position with a company, they sent a code test and a survey about different IT technology (most not relate direct with iOS).
The code test had three questions ...
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Ask employee for self-assessment (for evaluation purposes)
As team leader of 7 people, I'll have to run the evaluation process with each of them.
For few of them, the past year was not really a good year (from my point of view) as I had to correct them ...
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Given an extremely open ended question in take home test
I have been interviewing for a junior level dev role and in the last interview I was given a take home assignment to assess my technical skills. The last question was really broad. It was "give a high ...
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Prospective employer may have given me a programming task as a sucker test – is this a thing? [closed]
This is slightly related to the existing question Is there a professional way to refuse a time-consuming programming task given as a test for a job?.
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I have about 85% of a CS degree, 3–4 ...
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Should on-site hands-on data science interview allow Internet access?
My team is in the process of hiring a data scientist. We are a small team and have very limited prior experience in conducting on-site technical interviews.
Our current plan is to provide candidates ...
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Would a recruiter contact me after messing up a technical test? [closed]
I have applied for a job, and while I already have good experience, I have messed up the pre-interview technical test. This is the first job I have applied for that gave a technical test, so I might ...
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How can a small company optimize pre-employment screening?
We are a very small (10) firm and have a few positions opening up in the next couple of weeks. They are simple admin "Data entry" type positions.
Normally, we would dedicate quite a bit of time to ...
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Submitting a more efficient solution to online coding test after deadline? [duplicate]
I just had an online coding assessment for a job, that had many multiple choice questions and two coding challenges, all to be completed in 90 minutes.
I am confident about my multiple choice answers ...
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Payment for completing an interview test that looks like client work [duplicate]
I'm through to the final round of an interview which is a coding challenge. It appears to be a very simple build of a static site with a design provided along with assets. I’m sure I could complete ...
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Would declining a coding test disqualify me from the interview process? [duplicate]
Almost every developer interview involves a coding test.
I don't really see the need for this, as I have uploaded some code on my GitHub account, all my code is publicly accessible, so if someone ...
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Interview with a hand written technical test [closed]
I was contacted via LinkedIn by a company for a position that actually looked interesting to me, as it had better compensation, technology, and benefits than others. However the interview process was ...
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Take home test with long deadline [closed]
I recently went in for an in-person interview with a tech company. This was after the phone screening with the manager. I met with 2 senior devs for about an hour. They said at the end I will receive ...
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Can a US employer make a hiring decision based on IQ? [closed]
Given a highly complex job profile, could an employer legally filter job candidates based on their IQ or the results of similar intelligence tests?
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Re-submitting incomplete code test after interview
I am currently interviewing for a software engineer position at a company I am really excited about. I recently had a technical interview with two engineers and have a team fit interview still to come....
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