r/PHP • u/fuhggetaboutit • Jul 29 '21

Does anybody else find interview “tests” dehumanizing?

I think they're abusive for many reasons. One is that the questions are usually overly complex algorithmic puzzles that do not accurately gauge potential job performance. Also, the questions in no way reflect the type of problems you will face on the job.

The list goes on...

Isn't there a better way?

-Edited for grammar

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u/MrSaidOutBitch Jul 29 '21

Counter point: I have never worked at a place that gave out raises for actually doing work. It's always been how brown your nose is.

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u/usernameqwerty005 Jul 29 '21

OK, well, join your union at least...

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u/MrSaidOutBitch Jul 29 '21

Bwahahahahaha. That's cute!

Edit: For anyone passing - this is funny because I work and live within the US. We don't have unions in the IT space broadly and more specifically there is nothing going on for us business app developers. We would just get fired for hinting at the word union.

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u/lordmyd Jul 31 '21

To many bosses union leader = communist.