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I spent multiple hours on one assignment, only to have the guy tell me off in a 2 min email. Didn't even have the courtesy to give me a call and let me justify the decisions I made with the code.

If you want me to spend more than 30 minutes programming for you, that's called work, and I would like to get paid for that.

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They shouldn’t be asking you to code anything related to their actual work — it should be a toy assignment.

I think it all comes down to personal pref, but the data seems to show that whiteboard interviews are good to filter middle of the road talent, but top/bottom can look the same.

It doesn't matter what they use it for. They can use it all they want as long as they pay me for it.

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