[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":538},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-10588371":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":44,"post_text":46,"what":47,"said":56,"maker_in_thread":162,"shape":170,"grid":175,"attempts":501,"same_week":502,"maker_shows":163,"maker_hidden":530,"reader_version":531,"card":532},"10588371","Interviews can be stressful","give take-home projects instead","title","Show HN: Interviews can be stressful – give take-home projects instead","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.remoteinterview.io\u002Ftakehome","remoteinterview.io","asadlionpk",1447862151,2015,96,127,255,2565,10,"notable","web_saas","hiring platform","web_app",[24,25,26,27],"take-home project","technical interview","hiring developers","remote interview","mixed",-0.254,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},11,17,3,25,56,{"idea":37,"execution":39,"pricing":42},{"positive":18,"critical":38},19,{"positive":40,"critical":41},1,5,{"positive":43,"critical":40},0,[45,43,33,40,43,33,33,43,43,40,43,41,33,33,40,45,33,45,33,43,43,41,45,40,33,43,40,40,40,40,33,41,40,40,45,33,40,41,43,33],2,null,{"problem":48,"audience":46,"pricing":46,"motivation":46,"time_to_build":46,"stack":54,"openness":55,"stage":55,"team_size":55},{"value":49,"source":50,"evidence":51},"Interviews are stressful and candidates may perform poorly under pressure","maker",[52],{"id":53},"post",[],"unknown",{"praise":57,"objections":75,"requests":121,"questions":131,"alternatives":136},[58,66],{"value":59,"source":60,"evidence":61},"Take-home projects reduce interview anxiety and show real work","commenter",[62],{"id":63,"by":64,"text":65},"10589386","pamelafox","I've always liked take-home projects for 2 reasons: 1) I get extremely anxious during interviews, so I don't perform well in them (to the point of crying sometimes -…",{"value":67,"source":50,"evidence":68},"Option to choose between take-home and classic interviews",[69,72],{"id":70,"by":11,"text":71},"10588537","Agreed, ideally there should be a choice between the two because some actually prefer whiteboard type interviews. This is a good post discussing both:…",{"id":73,"by":11,"text":74},"10589210","I think companies should optimize on giving options between all of the proven methods. Some may like the classic interviews but some may have a good github profile which is also…",[76,95,106],{"value":77,"source":60,"evidence":78},"Candidates dislike unpaid, time-consuming take-home work",[79,83,87,91],{"id":80,"by":81,"text":82},"10589266","sirtastic","As someone who has had \"8 hour\" take home projects with requirements like \"build a responsive site for this fictitious product and include creative UX features as well as a full…",{"id":84,"by":85,"text":86},"10589422","retube","Nope. I've had several of these, all were at least a full days work, which I had to cram into late evenings etc on top of day job. And to top it all, they weren't even discussed…",{"id":88,"by":89,"text":90},"10590793","leepowers","Is there a mechanism for paying the test taker? A developer shouldn't be expected to work for free. The outside chance he'd be the 1\u002F100 applicant to land the job isn't enough.",{"id":92,"by":93,"text":94},"10592504","masukomi","this is equivalent to asking math students to provide their answer but not show their work. I interview people to figure out how they think and learn how they solve problems. I…",{"value":96,"source":60,"evidence":97},"Employed senior candidates unlikely to accept long trial periods",[98,102],{"id":99,"by":100,"text":101},"10589222","Jemaclus","The big problem with this is that I wouldn't leave my current job for a 3 month contract that may or may not pan out. 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