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Re:An employer asked me to do a HackerRank test. Here's my a... by Caveman_Coder on Monday February 26, 2018 @12:01PM (#16466816)
> "...working on something benefiting humanity..."

I think you forgot to add the "/s" to this statement.

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Re:An employer asked me to do a HackerRank test. Here's my a... by bitL on Monday February 26, 2018 @12:04PM (#16466838)
Maybe you are idealistic and work for non-profit dealing with human trafficking in your spare time and have to cut it to take a silly HackerRank test?
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Re:An employer asked me to do a HackerRank test. Here's my a... by mywittyname on Monday February 26, 2018 @12:18PM (#16466962)
Why are you interviewing if you're working your dream non-profit job?
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Re:An employer asked me to do a HackerRank test. Here's my a... by bitL on Monday February 26, 2018 @12:28PM (#16467043)
You mean you do service to other people for no salary in your spare time and you are asking why do you need a job to pay bills? Seriously?
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Re:An employer asked me to do a HackerRank test. Here's my a... by mywittyname on Monday February 26, 2018 @12:33PM (#16467097)
The phrase, "work for a non-profit" implies some level of compensation. Had you instead said, "volunteer for a non-profit," then I would have understood that you were working in your spare time and for no pay.
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Re:An employer asked me to do a HackerRank test. Here's my a... by Caveman_Coder on Monday February 26, 2018 @12:18PM (#16466961)
More likely it is watching Netflix and reading HN...let's not pretend we're all out there saving the world and volunteering our free time for selfless causes...
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Re:An employer asked me to do a HackerRank test. Here's my a... by bitL on Monday February 26, 2018 @12:29PM (#16467057)
It's just an example of course. But even downtime from work is massively important for your mental health, why it should be interrupted by a constant treadmill on recruiter's rat race?
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Re:An employer asked me to do a HackerRank test. Here's my a... by Caveman_Coder on Monday February 26, 2018 @01:24PM (#16467615)
> "why it should be interrupted by a constant treadmill on recruiter's rat race?"

Isn't this self imposed if you are the one applying for the job??? I don't get it, if some rando recruiter emails me a Hacker Rank test, I delete the email if I'm not interested...pretty simple. If I am interested, then I apply and that is no longer an "interruption"...or at least it is self imposed so there is no real reason to complain.

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