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bra-ket on April 6, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: How Coursera Competes for the Best Talent

why don't they send that first coding test to people to do at home

jedberg on April 6, 2015 [–]

Because they might cheat or have someone else do it for them.

It's definitely happened before. When we caught the candidate and asked them why, they said, "I figured once I got in here I'd impress you with my personality even though I can't code."

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