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		sage76 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What is interviewing like now with everyon... Most of the time, those take home tests cannot be done in 2 hours. I remember one where I wasn't even done with the basic setup in 2 hours, installing various software/libraries and debugging issues with them.

kamaal 10 months ago [–]

People mostly fix some issue, or implement a feature at work. And then somebody outside can do the same in the same time.

In reality they need to look at this like onboarding a new team member.

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