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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2023) by cthrowy on Monday April 03, 2023 @10:41PM (#35434292)
I applied months ago and was skeptical of their process. Their filter is a take-home test involving a code review and a simple algorithm problem. Neither is particularly hard, but I did poorly because I didn't realize they were grading it on a point-system by comparing it to an answer key. If you have a typo or do something differently than their key, you lose points. Lose a few points and you're out.

Honestly, it reminded me of someone trying to hire a literature author by giving them a spelling test.

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2023) by onekorg on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @02:12PM (#35443771)
I'm curious, did they give you details about the way it was graded?