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Re:Interview take home assessments without feedback are an i... by eulers_secret on Friday June 23, 2023 @11:47PM (#36455345)
What can they realistically check?

I see two data points they could have: time when the template was downloaded (assuming it’s a unique link only you can access, and you didn’t download it > once/all downloads are logged) or emailed, and the time it was submitted.

All other time stamps can be spoofed.

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Re:Interview take home assessments without feedback are an i... by shakes_mcjunkie on Saturday June 24, 2023 @12:24AM (#36455559)
No, I agree. I just mean like when they say, hey this will take 2 hours, how do they know? Do they even care? Or just everyone cheats and does more than the allotted time?

I did one take home that was timed in coderpad. I thought that was a little more fair.

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Re:Interview take home assessments without feedback are an i... by parpfish on Saturday June 24, 2023 @09:52AM (#36458713)
They have no idea how long they take. They come up with a task first and then slap a time limit on it afterwards so they don’t feel bad about asking too much.
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