Just to chime in a bit late. I've noticed that coding challenges are more common with inexperienced star ups; however, I know some large companies like Google use them as well. I've interviewed with high profile government intelligence agencies and NASA contractors and have never been asked to take a code screen. Normally, when I'm asked to take a code challenge I object and count it as a loss. When a company asks me to take a code challenge my first thought is that they are amateurs, it may be a bit critical but that's the vibe I get. If you're a good manager and you know your stuff you should be able to tell if a person is full of it or not by the way they speak and their GitHub. GitHub, in my opinion, speaks louder than any code challenge. Personally, I've met multiple 5-10 year vets that have done great on code challenges but don't understand what an enum or abstract class is.
I agree, but there's also the chance someone doesn't want to spend their free time releasing code on GitHub, and that's another way to profile people in the wrong way.
Let's work at a simple, real problem together, but only after we've decided that is likely that we are a good fit on all the other things. And I bet I can filter out those "vets" you're talking about by just talking to them, I don't even need to see their code (that in coding challenges is usually an imperative mess, and nobody should code like that in real life).
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Just to chime in a bit late. I've noticed that coding challenges are more common with inexperienced star ups; however, I know some large companies like Google use them as well. I've interviewed with high profile government intelligence agencies and NASA contractors and have never been asked to take a code screen. Normally, when I'm asked to take a code challenge I object and count it as a loss. When a company asks me to take a code challenge my first thought is that they are amateurs, it may be a bit critical but that's the vibe I get. If you're a good manager and you know your stuff you should be able to tell if a person is full of it or not by the way they speak and their GitHub. GitHub, in my opinion, speaks louder than any code challenge. Personally, I've met multiple 5-10 year vets that have done great on code challenges but don't understand what an enum or abstract class is.
I agree, but there's also the chance someone doesn't want to spend their free time releasing code on GitHub, and that's another way to profile people in the wrong way.
Let's work at a simple, real problem together, but only after we've decided that is likely that we are a good fit on all the other things. And I bet I can filter out those "vets" you're talking about by just talking to them, I don't even need to see their code (that in coding challenges is usually an imperative mess, and nobody should code like that in real life).