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Re:On asking job candidates to code by grandalf on Tuesday March 15, 2016 @03:07PM (#11292178)
> 8+ hour programming project

It's better than a 5 minute brain teaser question. Any job worth having is worth spending 8 hours applying for. Anyone who views this as "free work" probably won't be a good hire for other reasons.

Re:On asking job candidates to code by raverbashing on Tuesday March 15, 2016 @03:32PM (#11292336)
Problem is the ones that are not worth having that ask for the 8h