Brief thoughts on getting hired as a senior coder

Re:Brief thoughts on getting hired as a senior coder by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @12:29PM (#20575770)

40-60 hours for an interview process? Do people really do that?

For my current position, I had a half-hour phone interview, then a 2 hour in-person interview. My previous job was about the same.

For out of town interviews, I've had to fly out the evening before, then a whole day process, so maybe 30 hours total even if you count the time I spent asleep in a hotel. I have never had a process take more of my time than that.

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Re:Brief thoughts on getting hired as a senior coder by yibg on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @12:38PM (#20575866)

40-60 seems excessive / exaggerated. Maybe it’s due to long take home exercises? My experience has typically been 1-2 hours of phone, followed by anywhere from 4 - 6 hours onsite potentially split across 2 sessions. If we include travel and subsequent negotiations, and initial application and research maybe 10 hours total?

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