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You'll see DevOps as one of the options in the 'Roles' filter with 13 examples in the library.

From talking to many hiring managers who use take-homes and using 3 ATSs myself, most engineering take-home processes don't run through the ATS. I agree with you that it's disrespe…

Yeah I think #1 and #2 are valid criticisms. My issue with the parent comment's line of reasoning is that it doesn't apply the same level of rigor to evaluating whiteboarding as it…

Yes! I spoke to Andy (the author of the article you linked) when he posted this. I'm a big fan of this approach. And the software we're building is quite similar to the interview-b…

Hey Bill! Rating aside, I'm a big fan of Ad Hoc's homework assignments. Here's what I love about them: 1. Your team has made them public for others to use. This is HUGE. 2. The lib…

Sorry, looks like we didn't tag this one sufficiently! We're updating this now. There was a TON of content to filter through - we're doing our best :) I also think there's a surpri…

I agree! It's great when companies take the time to do this. Though it's tough when it's been a few months/years and the code hasn't been maintained. You'll see some repos in the l…

You've given me a great idea for a future post - thank you! I'll see if I can do a more detailed teardown of a "great" take-home vs. a "bad" one.

I think most 2-4 hour take-homes can be condensed to 1-2 hours with some thoughtful choices. A few ideas I've used: - Provide starter code and setup instructions so candidates don'…

Did the companies tell you no when you asked them if you could share a previous project instead of completing theirs? From talking to many hiring managers, they also don't want to …

I blame the legal teams at large companies who are worried that a well-meaning hiring manager will give feedback that could be used in a lawsuit. Love that your approach focuses on…

Haha yeah we implement 'soft time-boxing' by tracking git commit timestamps. It's not as stressful as having a visible timer and we won't block a submission that exceeds the recomm…

I spoke to a head of engineering yesterday who asked candidates pick from 3 options: 1. Bring some work that you did previously (>4 hrs) and we'll discuss it. 2. Complete a 1-hour …

How would a take-home compare to a hybrid format? For example, if you were given a 1-hour take-home followed by a live session asking about your thought process and then pairing to…

I'm a big fan of live exercises too, mainly because it's a great way to see how candidates think and how they collaborate with others. There are only a couple tradeoffs with this f…

The reason why there aren't any 1-star projects isn't because they don't exist, but because we didn't think anyone would want to see them. Cataloguing these was a ton of work (we s…

That's awful! I'm sorry you had to go through that. The intent isn't usually malicious, but some teams (esp larger ones) are really disorganized and don't value candidates' time en…

As a candidate, it's an awful feeling to spend time only to get ghosted. It's usually not malicious, just disorganization. From a hiring manager's perspective, it's too easy for th…

Thank you! I appreciate this because I think I'm terrible at marketing. I happen to be an Applied Math major and spent years teaching competition math classes, though this was a wh…

I couldn't agree more. While it's not compilable, I did reach out to a few of the 5-star test designers and asked them this question. How teams use their tests (both in weight and …

Yeah I agree that a test that's super long is awful for candidates. We did our best to be objective in grading, so we didn't want to dock more stars based on our subjective opinion…

Studies [1] show that a work sample test is the best predictor of candidate performance on the job, which is why many software engineering teams use take-home tests as one step in …