PeptoKelpto

I guess we will just have to disagree. What works for me may not work for others. I would never sign a contract that sells all my personal work to the company I only get paid 9 to 5 for, and I don't know anyone who has. Also, it's pretty evident when someone posts their companies code to their GitHub. Simple questions and looking at the code can dispel that. If they do manage to squeak by and pass all the interviews, I don't see how a takehome would have made it any harder anyway.

While this might be true, most developers (in my locale at least) fill their GitHub with little projects meant to fit this exact purpose. I would 100% consider someone with some semblance of a GitHub over someone who submitted a well done takehome with no GitHub. That's why I don't bother with them. I would rather see that you are at least trying to work on yourself as a developer outside of interviews and work. It shows initiative, dedication and a host of other great attributes that I just don't see from a takehome. I'm not saying there aren't great coders without GitHub accounts, but I would for sure be asking why not. I think a better use of time is to do "production" code on a whiteboard. FizzBuzz in person, if done properly, can tell you way more than any take home. Start with basic FizzBuzz or any other basic interview question and make them write it functionally and tesably and mock out some sample tests. In person, this will tell you a ton about the candidate and isn't super stressful for anyone because it's a well known baseline interview question. It also makes the interviewee feel like the company is investing as much time in the interview process as they are.

Agree

This is my gripe with take homes. I have spent a week on a take home before and got glowing reviews on how awesome the tests were etc. only to be rejected down the line without any feedback whatsoever. If I apply for a job now and they give me a takehome I kindly ask for an in person interview or decline to proceed with the process.

I think it's awesome that you can become a software engineer without any engineering schooling. Where I live you have to take software engineering in University to be a software engineer. Bootcamps and certs usually only get you dev jobs.

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18 months now! :D