[XargonEnder]

I've never done a take-home test before meeting with the hiring manager and actually got an interview after doing the test. I've never done a test after interviewing with the hiring manager and not gotten a job offer. Therefore my rule nowadays is that I only do take home tests after meeting with the hiring manager.

Oh and I should also add that I've never had a recruiter tell the truth about how long one of these should take. They always lie with some ridiculous number of hours that I know only a tiny percentage of the entire programming population could perform at.

[inpdx]

Which says the former are using it (and have no qualms about wasting your time) instead of actually winnowing by resume first. Smart to rule them out, they don't value your time whatsoever.

[RetpolineDrama]

> I've never done a test after interviewing with the hiring manager and not gotten a job offer. Therefore my rule nowadays is that I only do take home tests after meeting with the hiring manager.

I agree, yet there's a bunch of people in this comment section claiming you should give people take-home tests first which makes no sense to me.

[ape4]

Good point, it should only occur when you're on the short list.