Ask HN: How to design a good technical interview test (take home or live)

Re:Ask HN: How to design a good technical interview test (ta... by alexyang21 on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @04:45PM (#30533630)

I think you mean that poorly designed take-home tests aren't fair. Do you think a well-designed, hourlong one could be fair?

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Re:Ask HN: How to design a good technical interview test (ta... by happy_path on Thursday March 03, 2022 @03:21AM (#30538529)

I'm genuely interested, what kind of test could that be? Some tests they have gave me in several interviews:

  - Online shops.
  - Hackerrank questions.
  - Read from a big log file in an efficient manner with Python (did it but there was also a 3-4 hour on-site interview).

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Re:Ask HN: How to design a good technical interview test (ta... by alexyang21 on Thursday March 03, 2022 @03:00PM (#30546038)

Any test that: 1) is similar to the work in the day-to-day role 2) doesn't require more than a 1-2 hour time commitment from a candidate 3) is interesting

HackerRank questions typically don't meet criteria 1 or 3. The best tests are often ones that the engineering team has designed themselves.

For example, this is an example of a test that meets all the criteria above: https://app.mightyacorn.io/flow-club/founding-front-end-engi...

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