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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 @12:27PM (#16467035)
Those "mom-and-dad shops" are the ones who have the most to lose by hiring the wrong person. A sufficiently poor performing person could cripple them.
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Re:An employer asked me to do a HackerRank test. Here's my a... by WDCDev on Monday February 26, 2018 @01:50PM (#16467850)
They also have a lot to lose by leaving the position unfilled for months on end. If you aren't Googlefaceapplezon, then false negatives could be as costly as false positives given time is money.
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