[Shank]

I concur with this sentiment. I was just doing the hiring loop and came to the conclusion that taking CSPA would have been a total waste of my time. I don’t know how many companies would value the data after looking at the example questions, but I almost find it to be a good signal that I shouldn’t apply to companies that use it.

A standardized assessment is literally the farthest thing from what happens in real world programming. In contrast, the Triplebyte interview questions focus heavily on what an engineer actually does day to day. When I completed Triplebyte, I was pleasantly surprised at how well orientated the assessment was. CSPA just looked plain insane in comparison.

Even the time commitments are a good contrast. Triplebyte’s commitment on the quiz side is about 30 minutes, and the final interview is a couple hours. CSPA is five hours.