I’m curious to know how others feel about take-home assignments after the interview. I’ve posted before in a thread on FCC that I think it’s a horrible way to treat potential employees because it’s disrespectful of their time and also I don’t see why it’s even necessary because the portfolio should …

It doesn’t seem that anyone would be willing to do that for the possibility of maybe being hired. This is free work for them if they don’t hire you. Was this your first interview, or has it happened before? Did you have such a great rapport with the interviewer that you are willing to “go the ext…

Thanks for the reply KoniKodes. This was my first interview. The interviewers were nice enough but I wouldn’t call the rapport all that special. One thing I’m fairly sure of is that this is not them trying to get me to do real work for them for free. I can’t see how this would help the company. I d…

I can see how this would be frustrating for you. Were these skills they requested (SASS, and gulp/grunt) listed in the job description when you applied? It does seem they are asking for an advanced junior developer when you applied for entry level. I don’t think you are under skilled, I just think…

[image] GitCoderr: this task feels to me like they are asking me to do something which is significantly beyond my current abilities You’re looking at it the wrong way. They can look at your portfolio to know what you’ve already learned to do. This is how you’re going to show them what you c…

Ditto. Would love the practice!

I know a guy that got a job here in Melbourne as a Junior front-ender and he had to complete a take home assignment. His sounds much more simple than yours though - it was just a HTML email, essentially, formatted according to a given design. (He got the job). Another guy I met at a meetup had some …

I would love to see the assignment too … it would be great to know how much of it i could do… For me personally i would be happy to do an assignment for two reasons … one being if i could do it … it shows i have the knowledge and the skills that they require and secondly if i couldn’t do it it show…

Just in case you miss it, this post from today offers advice that says ‘don’t do take home assignments unless they pay you’! [image] Just another success story - full stack developer with no CS degree! Believe... Career Advice …

Personally, I’d prefer a take home assignment to “write a sort algorithm (that you’ll never use on the job) on the white board while we watch over your shoulder and distractingly ask you questions while you’re trying to concentrate”. Read hacker news on any given day and you’ll find a post about ho…

Actually, I didn’t apply. The CEO of the company contacted me through my LinkedIn profile. This is the main reason I thought the interview was ridiculous. He found me, he looked at my skills and he called me in. But he’s not the one who interviewed me. There are actually several red flags about thi…

How do you feel about take-home assignments and how common is it?

JacksonBates November 22, 2016, 6:46am 10

Just in case you miss it, this post from today offers advice that says ‘don’t do take home assignments unless they pay you’!

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How do you feel about take-home assignments and how common is it?

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