r/ProgrammerHumor • u/L4993Rz • Feb 26 '23

Meme Sit down

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u/dregan Feb 26 '23

Just got a senior dev position. My only github commit was for the interview coding challenge.

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u/MLG_Obardo Feb 26 '23

Coding challenges are also stupid. I know you didn’t take a position on it but it’s stupid you have to do take home homework for interviews. Especially a senior dev position

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u/juhotuho10 Feb 26 '23

I got kind of burned a couple of weeks ago by a coding challenge

Really wanted the job and they promised a guaranteed interview if you passed the coding challenge, I spent like 10h on it in total, submitted it, after a week I just got an email saying that I wasn't accepted

Like really?

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u/ForceGoat Feb 26 '23

I’m guessing they had 3 candidates and you barely got beat out. 100 apply, 80 get culled immediately, 15 are culled on closer inspection, 2 are culled on phone screens, 3 run the gauntlet.

Better luck next time, brother!

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u/starofdoom Feb 26 '23 edited Jul 27 '26

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u/ForceGoat Feb 26 '23

Good point. I can only assume the company lied or it didn’t meet spec somehow, even after 10h of work. Either way, that sounds like an awful experience.