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I think this also applies to someone who is unemployed.

I think this also applies to someone who is unemployed. All I want is to do meaningful work and get paid. I'm tired of the hamster wheel of job applications. For coders, a major offender is the variety of TrueAbility/Codility/HackerRank/custom code challenges. FizzBuzz is fine. You want to filter out people who just can't code. Beyond that, timed challenges don't tell the recruiter anything about how a person interacts with others, or maintains code, or researches solutions for new problems. And then, after I successfully complete the code challenge, investing time that I really can't afford, they just look at my resume and delete my application, anyway.

Posted by Decade on Apr 25, 2015, 9:22 AM

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I think this also applies to someone who is unemployed.

DecadeApr 25, 2015, 9:22 AM

I think this also applies to someone who is unemployed. All I want is to do meaningful work and get paid. I'm tired of the hamster wheel of job applications. For coders, a major offender is the variety of TrueAbility/Codility/HackerRank/custom code challenges. FizzBuzz is fine. You want to filter out people who just can't code. Beyond that, timed challenges don't tell the recruiter anything about how a person interacts with others, or maintains code, or researches solutions for new problems. And then, after I successfully complete the code challenge, investing time that I really can't afford, they just look at my resume and delete my application, anyway.

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