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bbcbasic on July 29, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Take-home interviews

Same could be said of a take home test. You can outsource it for $100. I doubt it would get you anywhere at a company worth it's salt.

ngkabra on July 31, 2015 [–]

While that is sort of true for a take-home test, there is still value in giving candidates an online or in-person programming task that needs to be completed in a small amount of time (e.g. 1 hour)

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