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by t34543 2426 days ago
It’s really hard to know who’s telling the truth on both sides. When I’m an interviewer I find this to be a big red flag. Some folks are addicted to a struggle and have an excuse for everything. I don’t mean to diminish your situation but I see it as a bad apple ruined the opportunity for you. People, including interviewers, tend to be creatures of habit.
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mlthoughts2018 2426 days ago
Why would a company be worried about whether someone is telling the truth about an elder care (or any other) personal situation that renders onerous take-home or timed assignments inappropriate?

If you’re trying to evaluate whether the candidate is telling the truth something is very wrong. There is no reasonable reaction from a company except to say, “you know what, people do have unusual and difficult personal circumstances, and it’s unreasonable to create interview filters you can only successfully devote time to passing when there are no other ‘real life’ issues going on, since this unfairly biases us against otherwise good candidates and makes us come off like we don’t offer pragmatic and realistic understanding of the human condition” and then just stop having take-home / timed coding assessments period.

It has nothing at all to do with that one candidate who alerted you to this. Who cares if they are lying? The point is it’s possible they are not, and overwhelmingly certain that the issue affects other applicants with these kinds of circumstances.

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bryanrasmussen 2426 days ago
one of the benefits of my current job is they waved the test, so they saved me three+ hours out of my life even before hiring me. They are also paying me quite a bit of money for the market I'm in. I have explicitly said to recruiters that I won't consider moving for less than 16% increase in wage (I mean I named an amount that represents a 16% increase)

A company is moving on me with that increase and I'm starting to think screw it, I don't want to go through the irritating test they will give me. Of course that's because I have a job but still if one is comfortable, why go through the hassle.

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