Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software skills: study

Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by heavyset_go on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @08:32PM (#23854312)

> Possibly I'm just bitter because of the time I spent 4 hours on a take-home only for the company to ghost me (name-and-shame: Instacart).

Arthena, a Y Combinator funded company, did this to me. It truly was a waste of time.

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Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by sitkack on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @10:50PM (#23855209)

Take home interviews should be paid, like 200$ and not require more than 4 hrs.

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Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by swiftcoder on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @11:57PM (#23855622)

They should really be paid at the comp rate of the position you are hiring for (which is... a lot more than $50/hour for the Bay Area employers who have given me take-home interview problems).

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Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by zebnyc on Thursday July 16, 2020 @12:24AM (#23855752)

Agreed. I am quite disillusioned by take home exams / online hackerrank style tests.

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Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by bearish on Thursday July 16, 2020 @02:50PM (#23862410)

You got lucky. Arthena is a mess. Super disorganized and doesn't treat their people well.

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Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by heavyset_go on Thursday July 16, 2020 @04:19PM (#23863391)

So I've heard. I only went through with it because I have a good rapport with one of their employees who recently left for those reasons.

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