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Re: Show HN: Recruit web developers by having them build a web app

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Post by drumdance »

gary4gar wrote: post #86
drumdance wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Depends on the economy, I would guess. I haven't had to do a lot of hiring recently, but a couple years ago at my last company we found ourselves overwhelmed with applicants to PHP programming jobs. We created an application tool that asked applicants to solve a few PHP puzzles. These weren't super-hard MIT-level questions, just basic FizzBuzz. We found it to be a very effective screening process. This probably works…

Can you share the app?

It used to be linked from this page but it looks like it's 404 ATM

http://www.surveygizmo.com/company/jobs/

Re: Show HN: Recruit web developers by having them build a web app

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Post by malandrew »

spamizbad wrote: post #53
Isofarro wrote: post #48

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"This trend in our field is really making me uncomfortable. Judge me on what I know and what I did before, no more, no less." You are uncomfortable in demonstrating your knowledge in a practical way? I don't understand. You are looking for a role doing web development, which requires up-to-date knowledge not just of techniques, but of understanding. These code exercises make an excellent starting ground for a technic…

> You are uncomfortable in demonstrating your knowledge in a practical way? The concern is potential employers trying to bilk free work out of developers. The small project strategy is hardly fool-proof either. If it becomes widespread, we'll just see phony developer put their assignments up on rent-a-coder and ask for a crib sheet to study so they can withstand a technical interview on what they've created. Anecdota…

Seems like the bilking of devs for free work could be mitigated by making sure copyright of the test web app code remained with the developer being hired.

Like you said, a small project is a little bit of a red herring. No small test project done in a short amount of time (like a few days) is really going to be complex enough to test if a developer is actually proficient enough to work on a large project.

Re: Show HN: Recruit web developers by having them build a web app

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Post by jarek »

gsa wrote: post #58
Apreche wrote: post #13

Want to work here? Do work for us for free! Then maybe we'll hire you afterwards. Great idea if you want to hire suckers.

Maybe hire me? I have applied at a few places without getting a response, let alone a phone interview. If I'm spending a couple of hours writing code for them, they might as well take out a couple of minutes to reply back to me.

True! After you spend a couple of hours, maybe they'll send you "We really enjoyed reviewing your code. At this time we do not feel this would be an ideal fit."
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