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Re:Hiring Is Broken: What Do Developers Say About Technical ... by rcfox on Thursday August 15, 2019 @04:27PM (#20709296)
Why bother giving a take-home test if you don't trust the results?

Why compare the results to work done in a completely different medium with no opportunity to iterate on the output, take a break or work comfortably?

If you assign a take-home test, make the interview focus on discussing the product.

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Re:Hiring Is Broken: What Do Developers Say About Technical ... by lacker on Thursday August 15, 2019 @05:01PM (#20709617)
Why bother giving a take-home test if you don't trust the results?

You can have one-way trust in a take-home. If they don't meet your quality bar, you can discard the resume. And it takes near zero work on the company's part, that's why so many companies like it.

However, some people will just get a lot of help on the take-home. So it isn't fair to the other applicants if you treat a take-home as anything other than a filter.

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Re:Hiring Is Broken: What Do Developers Say About Technical ... by shultays on Thursday August 15, 2019 @04:31PM (#20709345)
Because you can eliminate most applicants that way by cutting no/poor submissions
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Re:Hiring Is Broken: What Do Developers Say About Technical ... by chipperyman573 on Thursday August 15, 2019 @05:00PM (#20709606)
Yes but you also cut all the people who are good enough they know they can get a job somewhere that doesn't pull something like this.
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