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Re:Enough with the Programming Puzzles by sandworm101 on Monday June 06, 2016 @05:40AM (#11845562)
So I guess we know the answer to the "How would you react if assigned a task you didn't enjoy?" question. A: Rather than spend two hours getting the job done, an hour is spent doing a write-up on why the task wasn't done.

A job, any job, will involve thousands of hours with at least a few hundred of them on tasks you really do not appreciate. A candidate not willing to suffer for a couple hours during the interview probably wouldn't have lasted very long anyway.

Re:Enough with the Programming Puzzles by philbarr on Monday June 06, 2016 @05:55AM (#11845596)
> A job, any job, will involve thousands of hours with at least a few hundred of them on tasks you really do not appreciate.

But you get paid to do those tasks. And remember that those 2 hours are an estimate, which means it'll probably take longer. Then multiply that by the number of interviews you have and you can quickly see why it becomes unfair rather than 'lazy'.

Re:Enough with the Programming Puzzles by efaref on Monday June 06, 2016 @08:04AM (#11846118)
Sometimes you have to work on spec.