[parpfish]

the worst part about it is that when they give a time limit they make it sound like they're doing you a favor.

"we have a takehome, but don't worry! it's just a quick little thing that should just take an hour to throw together. we're not like those other companies that give you a huge task"

[shakes_mcjunkie]

Exactly. Then I've been wondering, how many people are actually going over the time? Are the reviewers actually checking any time stamps?

[eulers_secret]

What can they realistically check?

I see two data points they could have: time when the template was downloaded (assuming it’s a unique link only you can access, and you didn’t download it > once/all downloads are logged) or emailed, and the time it was submitted.

All other time stamps can be spoofed.

[shakes_mcjunkie]

No, I agree. I just mean like when they say, hey this will take 2 hours, how do they know? Do they even care? Or just everyone cheats and does more than the allotted time?

I did one take home that was timed in coderpad. I thought that was a little more fair.

[parpfish]

They have no idea how long they take. They come up with a task first and then slap a time limit on it afterwards so they don’t feel bad about asking too much.