I might think that 30-40 hours for a sample is excessive. Honestly many candidates worry and or prepare for at least two hours for an interview. Then have around an hour round trip. They also might spend a full hour in an interview. With about four hours to replace or supplement an interview you are getting much better results for the same time cost. Maybe even less stress for the applicant.
On Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 3:00:28 PM UTC-4, puzzler wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 11:24 AM, Luke Burton <luke_...@me.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> >> * So … if I was in your position, knowing what I know now, if I couldn't >> find companies that had very progressive hiring practices, I would make my >> resume stand out by leading in with an offer to spend a few hours writing a >> small implementation of anything the hiring manager would like me to write. >> Many hiring mangers are scared by take home projects because they're afraid >> of what the best candidate will think. "It's an insult to experienced >> candidates!" or "how would a rockstar candidate possibly spare the time?" >> But secretly I think all hiring mangers *really* want to know what it will >> be like to have you write code on their behalf. It's just not the industry >> norm to ask. >> > > Insightful post about a lot of things related to hiring, but I have to > take exception with this very last point. Recently, a friend of mine > sought out a data science position in the Seattle area. Each prospective > employer gave him a take-home assignment that required 30-40 work hours to > complete. Some of the assignments were real problems the company was > facing, so he was effectively being asked to do free consulting work for > each company. This is a horrible, burdensome interview practice and it > would be dreadful if it became the norm in the software industry. > Suggesting that someone offer to do a take-home project may make sense in > specific cases for an inexperienced candidate, but I fear it starts our > industry down the slippery slope. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
