Neither are good indicators of job performance. With take home tests you reward people with more free time, or those willing to spend an inordinate amount of time compared to someone who already has a job and a family. With puzzles you reward those who also have an inordinate amount of free time and those that prioritize remembering algorithms rather than business requirements. Neither is appropriate for an interview.
I very much agree that the whole dynamic is absurd. In fact, I can’t think of any other industry where this sort of bullshit has been normalized. In most professions, you just list your experience, projects you’ve worked on, and talk about your skills. You don’t have to perform like a circus animal to prove that you do in fact know the profession you’ve been working in for years.
It can be fairly common in blue collar work too. Pretty much anything that’s skill over knowledge. Though programming is that one profession that rides the line between the two “worlds”
Neither are good indicators of job performance. With take home tests you reward people with more free time, or those willing to spend an inordinate amount of time compared to someone who already has a job and a family. With puzzles you reward those who also have an inordinate amount of free time and those that prioritize remembering algorithms rather than business requirements. Neither is appropriate for an interview.
I very much agree that the whole dynamic is absurd. In fact, I can’t think of any other industry where this sort of bullshit has been normalized. In most professions, you just list your experience, projects you’ve worked on, and talk about your skills. You don’t have to perform like a circus animal to prove that you do in fact know the profession you’ve been working in for years.
It can be fairly common in blue collar work too. Pretty much anything that’s skill over knowledge. Though programming is that one profession that rides the line between the two “worlds”
that’s true