People use the take home tests the wrong way. They should be sent to a small number of candidates that are close to the final stage. But most people send them after the first filter. Then they waste both candidates’ and their time and also spend zero time to send any valuable feedback since the pool of candidates is big at that point. And this creates a frustration to experienced engineers not wanting to spend any time on such a process.
> But most people send them after the first filter.
I once got sent an automated email after applying to an org with a coding challenge before the first filter. Before even any recruiter/HM or anyone actually at the organization sent me an email acknowledging they received my application.
I initially bristled, and reached out to the generic "recruiting@" email that was present in the HackerRank email for the company, asking if I could at least have a screening call at minimum before committing time to a coding assessment.
They said no.
In the position of "needing work yesterday", I did the challenge.
