Toptal are some of the best people I've worked with, both as an applicant and someone hiring. They're expensive, and a few low quality people slip between the cracks, but overall good.
Turing however has been dodgy. I've applied when they first started. The application test was something ridiculous like build a full stack app, with very precise requirements like using MySQL for certain parts. It was a full scope project at no pay and no verification they exist. And they seemed more architecture focused than user focused, which was a turn off. So I ignored it.
Later I get this email:
"Congrats on scoring 100% in Turing's basic JavaScript programming test on May 05, 2019! You completed Step 1 towards being matched with top Silicon Valley companies that want to work full-time with remote Back End engineers."
I don't know how I completed a test I didn't do. That is as much a red flag as some Nigerian prince wanting to give me his inheritance money.
Turing however has been dodgy. I've applied when they first started. The application test was something ridiculous like build a full stack app, with very precise requirements like using MySQL for certain parts. It was a full scope project at no pay and no verification they exist. And they seemed more architecture focused than user focused, which was a turn off. So I ignored it.
Later I get this email:
"Congrats on scoring 100% in Turing's basic JavaScript programming test on May 05, 2019! You completed Step 1 towards being matched with top Silicon Valley companies that want to work full-time with remote Back End engineers."
I don't know how I completed a test I didn't do. That is as much a red flag as some Nigerian prince wanting to give me his inheritance money.