Re:Three hundred programming interviews in thirty days
by nadams on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @05:49PM
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> I had a 6-7 hour "homework" problem
Personally I would given them a link to my github which has hundreds of hours of work put into projects. From my experience a homework problem that long doesn't really prove anything (I could have outsourced it) and you never get feedback (this isn't the employer's fault but of laws in the US[1]).
I think a take home quiz is the only appropriate quiz if it's a basic less than an hour quiz. Harder than fizzbuzz but easier than creating a blog from scratch.
Don't even get me started on IQ tests or personality tests.
Personally I would given them a link to my github which has hundreds of hours of work put into projects. From my experience a homework problem that long doesn't really prove anything (I could have outsourced it) and you never get feedback (this isn't the employer's fault but of laws in the US[1]).
I think a take home quiz is the only appropriate quiz if it's a basic less than an hour quiz. Harder than fizzbuzz but easier than creating a blog from scratch.
Don't even get me started on IQ tests or personality tests.
[1] - http://humanresources.about.com/od/selectemployees/qt/must-e...