Re:Interview take home assessments without feedback are an i...
by Shocka1 on Monday June 26, 2023 @01:46PM
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> At this point in my career, I’ll just decline interviews that don’t respect my time.
This is my philosophy now. In my younger days when I had no experience I had a lot of my time wasted by recruiters and companies - never again. Now I ask up front and politely what the interview process will be like. If there are any home projects or mentions of whiteboarding I end up passing. No big deal - I know there are probably loads of developers willing to waste their time competing for the position, but not me.
It's worked very well for me and eliminated a lot of stress when I've been looking for other positions. The only negative I can see is the strategy wouldn't work great when in between positions and really needing something, which luckily I've never had to experience. I suppose in that case I would force myself to go through with the hazing process.
This is my philosophy now. In my younger days when I had no experience I had a lot of my time wasted by recruiters and companies - never again. Now I ask up front and politely what the interview process will be like. If there are any home projects or mentions of whiteboarding I end up passing. No big deal - I know there are probably loads of developers willing to waste their time competing for the position, but not me.
It's worked very well for me and eliminated a lot of stress when I've been looking for other positions. The only negative I can see is the strategy wouldn't work great when in between positions and really needing something, which luckily I've never had to experience. I suppose in that case I would force myself to go through with the hazing process.