So, if you are interviewing at 20 companies, you need to expend 100+ hours or almost 3 full work weeks?
It should take 1 hour or less. Period. Probably less that 1/2 hour. I doubt I get much more information asking you for a 5 hour assignment than a 1/2 hour assignment.
If I'm really that interested in your programming on the fly, I should do it at the interview where I'm paying for your lodging, food, etc. I should tell you what you are going to be doing, and to bring your laptop set up to do that.
If you're interviewing with 20 companies, you're probably already spending 4+ hours with each of them in person.
That's a lot of companies to entertain! When I was interviewing, I could barely maintain the composure to interview with 3 companies! (Only one of which had a take-home assignment.)
> So, if you are interviewing at 20 companies, you need to expend 100+ hours or almost 3 full work weeks?
I have never interviewed at 20 companies when I needed a new position. If you do, cool - but not sure I want to simplify my hiring process to help someone mass interviewing.
If we have a conversation and we both like each other, let's see if we can come to terms we are both happy with. If we are playing other companies off each other for 1k raises, it seems not really worth the hassle.
So, if you are interviewing at 20 companies, you need to expend 100+ hours or almost 3 full work weeks?
It should take 1 hour or less. Period. Probably less that 1/2 hour. I doubt I get much more information asking you for a 5 hour assignment than a 1/2 hour assignment.
If I'm really that interested in your programming on the fly, I should do it at the interview where I'm paying for your lodging, food, etc. I should tell you what you are going to be doing, and to bring your laptop set up to do that.
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