Naturally as a candidate, not having to do technical tests makes the recruitment process a lot less hassle.
I am pretty happy with my current role, but often get contacted via LinkedIn about job opportunities and nothing turns me off more than lengthy, multi-interview, technical test laden recruitment processes.
To answer one of your questions, yes I have been hired at a company (2 actually) without having to do any tests, by just talking about past experience, strengths and weaknesses, and what the goals and plan is if I joined the new company.
For one I did provide links to some github projects I created so they could get an idea of my coding style.
Fortunately for those companies, finding a person who was a good fit for the team and was eager to learn were more important than knowing the latest JS (or whatever) framework. I enjoyed working at these places as they were very good with providing training and other opportunities for career development.
Somewhat worryingly, last year most companies I interviewed with had a lot of testing. Including some that wanted tests completed before they were willing to talk. Also rather than general tests of web development, which is the area of IT I am in, many were for a particular JS framework (some I have not used before so failed those tests rather badly).
If I must be tested, as a candidate I prefer a small programming task I can do at home. I am usually slightly nervous in interviews, and have lots of questions about the company and processes, so don't think I do so well with verbal or written tests during the interview itself.
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Naturally as a candidate, not having to do technical tests makes the recruitment process a lot less hassle.
I am pretty happy with my current role, but often get contacted via LinkedIn about job opportunities and nothing turns me off more than lengthy, multi-interview, technical test laden recruitment processes.
To answer one of your questions, yes I have been hired at a company (2 actually) without having to do any tests, by just talking about past experience, strengths and weaknesses, and what the goals and plan is if I joined the new company.
For one I did provide links to some github projects I created so they could get an idea of my coding style.
Fortunately for those companies, finding a person who was a good fit for the team and was eager to learn were more important than knowing the latest JS (or whatever) framework. I enjoyed working at these places as they were very good with providing training and other opportunities for career development.
Somewhat worryingly, last year most companies I interviewed with had a lot of testing. Including some that wanted tests completed before they were willing to talk. Also rather than general tests of web development, which is the area of IT I am in, many were for a particular JS framework (some I have not used before so failed those tests rather badly).
If I must be tested, as a candidate I prefer a small programming task I can do at home. I am usually slightly nervous in interviews, and have lots of questions about the company and processes, so don't think I do so well with verbal or written tests during the interview itself.