[techwraith]

VPE at Eaze here (the original author of the quote above) -

You're 100% correct. We give our candidates the choice between working through a problem at the office (on the spot as you say) or doing a take home project asynchronously. Not everyone has the time to do homework, but not everyone wants to do an in person coding interview either. We try to stay flexible.

[bradenb]

Thank you for the response. I appreciated your take on the situation in the original article and I am glad to hear that you accommodate developers like me that don’t perform well for strangers on the spot. This type of thing really pushes a company up the ranks if I’m interviewing with them.

[techwraith]

That's great to hear. I love getting feedback about this stuff, positive or negative! We're constantly evolving our process.

[qudat]

I think this is a great approach. It keeps the company flexible to hire a broad array of talent under differing circumstances while also letting the interviewee play to their strengths.

[mattnewton]

How do you compare the resulting apples & oranges? I can do a lot more at home (especially if I cheat on time, which everyone who really wants your job and can afford to do will do)

[techwraith]

We're less concerned with the resulting code than we are about your ability to explain the code that you wrote and your ability to prove to us that you have good judgement when making technical decisions.

Also, we're growing fast enough that we're rarely comparing candidates. If we can hire both the apple and the orange (assuming both candidates are evaluated to be good for the role), we will.

[loxias]

I'm actively looking/interviewing and really like the "cut of your jib". (both your answers here, plenty of aspects of Eaze as a company, the prospect of moving back to SF...)

For both the sr backend and devops positions, how important to the roles is familiarity/experience with your technical stack? I might have some of the skill set/experience you're looking for -- sr backend engineer, sr systems engineer, devops are all positions I've held -- but honestly I don't know JS, .NET, or Chef. Bluntly, I don't want to waste your (or my) time. ;)

<tiny>Also, I wish HN supported private replies</>

[LaserToy]

Do you want to work for PlayStation Network team? We have plenty of open positions from DevOps to server or client side developers. And variety of work also there - commerce, social, video streaming, distributes databases, big data, ml.

You name it, we are doing it.

[loxias]

Maybe? Sounds cool! Can you send me a very very short email (my email is on my HN profile page) as a point of contact for further communication?

[LaserToy]

done

[techwraith]

We care less about your particular technical skills than we do about your generalized engineering skills. Specific stacks are easy to teach; fundamentals, emotional intelligence, and social skills are harder to teach.

In fact, if someone is too into their stack, we see that as a bad sign.

So I'd be super excited if you decided to apply :)

[loxias]

I'll submit a resume and a CV sometime late next week. :)