Sorry, I won’t take your online coding quiz

#1

Post by Ahmedb » Thu, Nov 19, 2020, 4:05 PM UTC

Sorry, I won’t take your online coding quiz
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Re: Sorry, I won’t take your online coding quiz

#2

Post by uberman » Thu, Nov 19, 2020, 4:25 PM UTC

I waffle back and forth on this myself. I have done some "take homes" and whiteboard tests and I have also told some recruiters that I would not. What I will say is that I don't recall ever doing a task or test that was actually directly related to the job description.

Re: Sorry, I won’t take your online coding quiz

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Post by tboyd47 » Thu, Nov 19, 2020, 4:27 PM UTC

You don't have time to take a 30-minute quiz but you have time to do an entire take-home coding project? (asking as a recruiter)

Re: Sorry, I won’t take your online coding quiz

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Post by Ahmedb » Thu, Nov 19, 2020, 4:37 PM UTC

tboyd47 wrote: post #3

You don't have time to take a 30-minute quiz but you have time to do an entire take-home coding project? (asking as a recruiter)

My point is: to ace the test I need to prep for the test and that time is better spent on a take-home project.

Most tests I saw were between 1h30 or 2 hours.

Re: Sorry, I won’t take your online coding quiz

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Post by tboyd47 » Thu, Nov 19, 2020, 7:24 PM UTC

Ahmedb wrote: post #4

tboyd47 wrote: post #3

You don't have time to take a 30-minute quiz but you have time to do an entire take-home coding project? (asking as a recruiter)

My point is: to ace the test I need to prep for the test and that time is better spent on a take-home project. Most tests I saw were between 1h30 or 2 hours.

1:30 is way too long.