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> They should always do the take home test first or after a short phone call.

Absolutely not. If most applicants need to do 4-8 hours worth of homework, they'll never have the time to review the results for every applicant. And making me do 4-8 hours of work without getting it reviewed thoroughly and getting personal feedback is not valuing my time.

In the process above there already was a screen sharing coding test. Adding the homework on top is redundant. You should be able to tell if someone can code in one hour of screen sharing, but you can't really tell if someone is mediocre or top notch from a single homework assignment.

Only once have I been given a homework from an interview and it was a solid 10-20 hours worth of work. I refused to do the work and I got the offer anyway, but I turned it down in favor of another offer.



The homework is 1 or 2 hours for the candidates and it only takes 10 minutes to review for the employer.

It's much lighter to schedule than a phone interview that requires a 1 hour time slot with everyone during working hours.

Ignore homework that takes 10 hours to do. It's abusive and it only selects desperate people with no family.




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