Tech Industry Shifts to Demanding Job Interviews After Mass Layoffs, Engineers Report Unpaid Assignments and Coding Tests
Tech job interviews in the tech industry have become more demanding with engineers reporting that getting hired can involve days of work on unpaid assignments. This shift in culture follows mass layoffs in tech companies, leading to an increase in take-home coding tests and projects that require significant time commitment from interviewees.
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WIRED
After mass layoffs, the tech industry made interviews more punishing. Take-home coding tests used to be rare, now interviewees are given projects that take days. Our readers had some strong opinions on how you should deal with that... Do you agree? Let us know below. https://t.co/R366XUq5Cm
andrew chen There was a recent article about how take-home homework during the interview stage are out of control in tech. Indeed they have become commonplace, and used in almost every job function I’ll type up my thoughts later but curious if anyone has strong feelings on this, pro and… https://t.co/motsxQWJ2l
- andrew chen
There was a recent article about how take-home homework during the interview stage are out of control in tech. I’ll type up my thoughts later but curious if anyone has strong feelings on this, pro and con? https://t.co/EkYXbyfA2A
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