A 1 week take home project doesn't give experience, doesn't test how well the student works with others, doesn't showcase communication skills, etc.
There is a LOT more to development than coding
There is a LOT more to development than coding
Agreed. Many companies already have paid work hours for hiring. I just listed those examples because those seems to be more common than work days ATM and isn't most employment in US at will unlike EU and developed parts of the world?
I understand the company will still have some cost to that but why should individuals be worked for free to offset that?
That's the reality for many people. This can help those people- although I agree that it won't help anybody who's qualified to field an offer right off the bat.
I won't make the argument that this is preferable to fielding and accepting an offer immediately, because obviously it isn't. However, this is preferable to going unemployed for months on end or giving up and going back to unskilled work- which is the reality for many folks right now.