Spending that much time to qualify for a single job is too much to ask of anyone
How can you state that as something absolute? I certainly understand your position, but I would be _glad_ to do something like that. My reasons
- I hate white boards and quizzes. I would fail those, probably.
- I'm not interested in travel time, just because. Give me 'homework' and only meet if you're prepared to make me an offer (other issues notwithstanding - it's okay if you reject me afterwards if I show up without wearing pants) without any more bullshit
- I value my free time, but I also love to work on Things™. Any such 'homework' assignment would be a tiny pet project to drag me away from YT/HN/Awesomenauts and force me to learn something that I might not have picked myself
In fact, I even thought about posting an Ask HN sort of thing to offer (limited somehow, day-job and being a dad and all) working for free in exchange for the input. I just haven't done it so far, because of fear of failure/rejection.
So - you state a good point: People might not want to invest the time. But please speak for yourself only, not for the industry. I very much like the idea of presenting work done at home.
That said, I probably wouldn't do both. If someone asks me quizzes first (and I manage to pass for weird reasons, stars align) I wouldn't invest more hours. You, the employer, just wasted hours with crap while you could've gotten ~reasonable~ accurate ideas about my work. If someone asks me to do one of these assignments, invites me to come over and THEN starts the quiz BS I'd probably get up and leave.
Employers: Pick one way to test my skills. My preference: Judge skills in a remote/async process, use the face time to check for a cultural fit / negotiate / talk about the company, position and job: "We invited you after seeing your work, here's why you should work with us, this is the offer and these would be your coworkers - let's chat and do the tour"
How can you state that as something absolute? I certainly understand your position, but I would be _glad_ to do something like that. My reasons
- I hate white boards and quizzes. I would fail those, probably.
- I'm not interested in travel time, just because. Give me 'homework' and only meet if you're prepared to make me an offer (other issues notwithstanding - it's okay if you reject me afterwards if I show up without wearing pants) without any more bullshit
- I value my free time, but I also love to work on Things™. Any such 'homework' assignment would be a tiny pet project to drag me away from YT/HN/Awesomenauts and force me to learn something that I might not have picked myself
In fact, I even thought about posting an Ask HN sort of thing to offer (limited somehow, day-job and being a dad and all) working for free in exchange for the input. I just haven't done it so far, because of fear of failure/rejection.
So - you state a good point: People might not want to invest the time. But please speak for yourself only, not for the industry. I very much like the idea of presenting work done at home.
That said, I probably wouldn't do both. If someone asks me quizzes first (and I manage to pass for weird reasons, stars align) I wouldn't invest more hours. You, the employer, just wasted hours with crap while you could've gotten ~reasonable~ accurate ideas about my work. If someone asks me to do one of these assignments, invites me to come over and THEN starts the quiz BS I'd probably get up and leave.
Employers: Pick one way to test my skills. My preference: Judge skills in a remote/async process, use the face time to check for a cultural fit / negotiate / talk about the company, position and job: "We invited you after seeing your work, here's why you should work with us, this is the offer and these would be your coworkers - let's chat and do the tour"