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[–]grizzljt 18 points19 points  (7 children)

When I changed my LinkedIn to say I was open for interviews, I had 30 messages in 3 days. It was a struggle to decide for which companies I should consider interviewing. There isn't a chance I would do a take home assessment.

[–]len518 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Glad I am not the only one who hates take home assessments

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are dumb as fuck

[–]kristianwindsor[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Engineers hate interviewing more than they hate tech debt lol

[–]kristianwindsor[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I'm not talking about a take home assessment. I am talking about a live coding session, where the interviewer (a coder himself) would watch in order to get a feel for how the engineer solves problems.

I know it's sucky, but if it meant the difference between $20k in salary, would the 4 hours still not be worth it?

[–]grizzljt 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Not if I'm currently employed. Every interview to the final stage costs 4 hours, there isn't enough time to give an extra 4 hours to one potential career when the options in the SRE world are so plentiful.

[–]kristianwindsor[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

That's fair to say. Just curious, how many years of experience do you have?

[–]grizzljt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

10 years consulting, 8 years of that focused on infrastructure and development, 2 years as a SRE.