yeah by recycling their project from a previous interview and adding more to it
I just don't engage in that kind of assessment anymore, the job market isn’t thaaaat tough to need to compromise
or, put another way, jumping through that hoop will not solve your interview progress as its just far too subjective. other hoops are just as fine
I’m finding it absolutely brutal. I’ve never encountered anything like it. I could be doing something wrong, though.
Get a third party recruiter
It was brutal for me in that tier last year and before, but now its ridiculous
At the same time, RSU-land is interested in me, and I have active processes with Apple and Amazon. Yet, not to sound like I'm my own worst enemy, I don't know that I have what it takes to get in at those companies. I know I've got solid skills and valuable experience, but at the end of the day... I'm up against a ton of talented people who know how to play the game, you know?
So strange to have huge companies reach out to me (I didn't even apply) and yet tiny places in my city or abroad and remote won't even give me a moment to pitch myself to them.
When they give feedback, they love getting on their soapbox and critiquing others as if they were Olympic judges or something.
I’ve had to hold myself back from saying bro we wouldn’t hire you yourself if this criteria actually had to be met.
Some hiring managers require all this elaborate prep work and it’s such bullshit, imo it’s a total cop out to have people do so much work as part of the interview process.
It’s the lazy way of evaluating someone versus thoughtfully putting together a good hiring process and conducting effective interviews.
Rather than welcome people to the team to learn from them and grow the team, they criticize and reject people like crazy. It’s very reactive rather than proactive behaviour, and it’s a bad sign to have it at a company.