Re:Facts every web dev should know before they burn out and ...
by disgruntledphd2 on Thursday October 21, 2021 @05:55AM
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> If I were interviewing I would much prefer a take home rather than an in person leetcode interview.
It's tricky, because this can vary within one person across time. For example, in my area (DS), i think that the take-home gives the best signal for the actual work (as long as its well scoped).
But, as a parent of a small child, I'd much prefer to just do in-person tests/discussions as it takes less time away from my family.
So it's hard, and whatever you choose will lead to you missing good candidates.
Unfortunately, as in many areas, there's no silver bullet.
1) we want the time investment to be <4 hours
2) the test uses public APIs and is directly related to our work (crypto)
3) we had the team (mine) do the test themselves before making it official
4) we also are looking for things like tests, thoughtful architecture, etc. It's hard for a junior dev to fake well structured and organized code because it takes experience and thought to do it that way.
If I were interviewing I would much prefer a take home rather than an in person leetcode interview. I also don't mind in person pair programming (like help us fix the bug in this code or whatever).