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stephenhogsten

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    Comment #32599227

    Everything will be gamed when there are stakes. Whatever is closest to the real skills you need will makes it harder to improve at the measure without also improving at the real jo…

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    Comment #32599141

    I've seen a middle ground where a timebox is enforced, but there's a discussion question for what next steps would be

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    Comment #32599115

    Compared to committing to a specific hour block of time for a normal interview, isn't it more flexible? I guess it depends on how the company uses it - if they just stick the take-…

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    Comment #32599097

    I don't want to speak for the last commenter, but I think they meant google for literal solutions to this take-home (i.e. cheating to beat the timer). I do strongly agree that peop…

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    Comment #32598342

    That's what I had in mind. You would need a tool to enforce it. At that point "take-home" may not be the best name anymore, but "remote interview" just sounds like it's an intervie…

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    Comment #32598321

    True. More stress than an untimed take-home, but I would think less stress than a normal interview (for most engineers, at least).

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    Comment #32598196

    These are great points. How do you feel about take-homes that have an enforced cap at 60-120 minutes to try to remove the competition on time investment? Do you learn more than it'…