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By mswatcher
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Published: Nov 02 2009 / 18:13

One thing I’ve noticed in hunting for a job recently is the number of companies that insist that you write them a code sample to spec. Not just any code sample, but a fully functional, complete application. This is absurd, for several reasons.
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Todd replied ago:

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Recently hired an intern and part of the interview was a code test. While the individuals didn't write any code, they did look at a snippet of code of forty lines plus and then were able to write notes or comments. Afterward, I asked them to just tell me what they thought the code did. A code test is a valuable tool during an interview, if used properly.

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COFFEYBARRERA replied ago:

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RawThinkTank replied ago:

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What rubbish, not everyone can walk the talk.

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me.yahoo.com/chriskes replied ago:

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Coding tests have been critical in my experience. I've interviewed far too many people that could talk code, but couldn't write it to save their life and end up being a complete drag on the team because their code simply sucks. Once we added a coding test our hit percentage of finding good potential hires went WAY up.

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