[rcarmo]

That is deceptively easy to write when you're not having to do so in order to "keep up" because your work culture is so toxic that there is clear-cut hypocrisy between "work-life balance" and "we want you to be at the customer 300Km away tomorrow morning".

[cheez]

I am a single dad with custody of two kids and I would be able to take the six hours. I've consciously created this life. There are other parts of my life I'm sure that I do not do as well as you (for example my workout regime has gone to shit) but it's entirely doable.

That being said I also haven't needed a job for a very long time so...

[theK]

I think taking the 6 hours _once_ can be done by pretty much everybody, that should not be a serious problem.

What kind of gets me thinking is that, in my experience, people will take a look at multiple options before committing to a career change. This is where this concept seems to fray a bit.

Still I think it is a valid concept to minimize your exposure to false hires so it’s ok.

At my shop we opted for a similar approach but exchanged the project with a pair programing task that candidates get up front (and yes, we created reference code bases in many, many languages).

One other departure is that we don’t subscribe to the hard comparisons mantra. Candidates get to code with someone from their future team(or two sometimes) and it’s just a thumbs up or thumbs down signal. Thumbs down would usually mean that the process also gets cut short.

[pingyong]

Shouldn't that make you extra motivated to find a new job, though? ;)

[zuppy]

another question is: do I care enough about your company in order to invest this time? there are many job opportunities, why should I choose to invest my free time into this?

you guys are forgetting that this is a partnership, you also have to sell me your company.

if you're ok with that, I think you're missing out some good candidates.

[bot1]

I didn't mean to make a personal offense, just that this shouldn't be the normal.