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Re:Interview take home assessments without feedback are an i... by shakes_mcjunkie on Friday June 23, 2023 @11:11PM (#36455107)
> I always do exactly one commit with a commit time of exactly when they sent me the take home.

Amazing I'm mixed on companies looking at start and end times. I think it would be ridiculous for them to actually check, but at the same time I'm curious how many people are going way over the time limit. I wonder if I should go over the time limit or not.

> And no not specifically to "cheat". Just on principle. If they require BS I give them BS. Else it's just fun.

Maybe this is controversial to say, but in reality, we're all "cheating" because we have to.

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Re:Interview take home assessments without feedback are an i... by bernawil on Saturday June 24, 2023 @12:19PM (#36459984)
they can definitely enforce a strict time limit by only showing the exercise on a website that starts a countdown and telling you so. I'm okay with that. What I'm not okay with is being ambiguous about this and expecting me to game-theorize the risk-reward ratio of competing with people cheating.
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