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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In practice, the best interviews I've had usually set a slightly more complicated task as a do-in-your-own-time problem and then go through what you did in the actual interview.

The best interviews you've had are the ones where you're doing free work on your own time?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

"Work" is a debatable term. It's not work that provides any direct value to the company, if that's what you mean. But yes, it involves more effort on my part.

But yes. Not only does this method let me show that I'm good at what I do (far better than nonsense theory questions do), I have also found that companies that use this approach tend to come across as a better fit in other ways during the interview process.