Your comment breaks the rules at the top. This thread is not the place to litigate this. Please don't post like this again.

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23702740.

I love that op shared their interview process though, I hope this becomes a new normal instead of it being a mystery.

Counterpoint: I'd rather waste time on my own schedule doing a coding assignment that looks at least somewhat similar to the actual work I'd be doing. The alternative seems to be to waste a week studying irrelevant algorithms questions and then a day doing fixed-schedule whiteboard interviews.

Your comment is not helpful and useful.

There is no proof that you are doing someone's work by partaking in take-home coding assignment.

These postings are targeted to the rest of HN community who think that hiring process must be fair for all party.

Preparing to be downvoted

I feel this is a generalisation. A lot of coding assignments are unrelated to the actual work and have no value to the potential employer besides assessing skills.

ThoughtWorks is a very reputable company that does serious work. Martin Fowler is the chief scientist. They aren't running a scam.

You'd rather do a whiteboard? If the project isn't related to their product I don't see a problem.