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Re:Interview take home assessments without feedback are an i... by treeman79 on Friday June 23, 2023 @10:22PM (#36454841)
Had one company in local city. They managed to interview almost every Engineer in the market that had skill set. Rejected all of them.

Few months later I got a call asking to interview again as they realized their standards were too high. Not a chance.

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Re:Interview take home assessments without feedback are an i... by ClumsyPilot on Friday June 23, 2023 @11:15PM (#36455143)
> their standards were too high

They could simply be wrong. I've seen people demand the wrong solution. I've seen tests with bad instructions.

Most people are not good at producing test

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Re:Interview take home assessments without feedback are an i... by treeman79 on Sunday June 25, 2023 @08:53AM (#36467706)
You had 45 minutes to write a connect 4 game from scratch.
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