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by Ben-G 4639 days ago
The problem with this approach is that it is unnecessary time consuming on the applicants side and that the tests aren't language agnostic. The goal to reduce the in-house effort is reasonable, however it can be achieved a lot easier. You can filter the 90% of applicants that are not qualified in tests that only take a couple of minutes. In my opinion the goal of automation in the hiring process should be limited to filtering out the obvious misfits, otherwise you risk to miss hidden talents among your applicants.

In the end you rather want to hire a brilliant engineer with little experience in the desired technology stack than a mediocre developer that is able to pass your automated tests because he has worked with the technology for years.