The only thing I dislike about this is the short timeframe of interviewing on Friday, and having to work
that immediate weekend on the problem.
I'm a busy guy, I have kids, and I like spending time with them (on top of the 2 hours I try to get in every day). That removes the weekend daytime.
Weekend evenings - well, realistically once everyone's fed, bathed, and had a bedtime story, we're talking 7:30-8pm in my household - are then for eating, spending some time with my wife (shocking, I know!), taking care of household tasks, and then going to bed, ready for the inevitable 6am kiddie wake-up call.
Yup, weekends are by far the busiest time of the week, and that's even when everything goes right!
Give me a week, interview on Friday, deliver code/presentation by the following Friday, then I'm absolutely game for it, will get it done, and will get it done well.
That said: I guess this may be a deliberate filter against people like me. Always difficult to know.
I'm a busy guy, I have kids, and I like spending time with them (on top of the 2 hours I try to get in every day). That removes the weekend daytime.
Weekend evenings - well, realistically once everyone's fed, bathed, and had a bedtime story, we're talking 7:30-8pm in my household - are then for eating, spending some time with my wife (shocking, I know!), taking care of household tasks, and then going to bed, ready for the inevitable 6am kiddie wake-up call.
Yup, weekends are by far the busiest time of the week, and that's even when everything goes right!
Give me a week, interview on Friday, deliver code/presentation by the following Friday, then I'm absolutely game for it, will get it done, and will get it done well.
That said: I guess this may be a deliberate filter against people like me. Always difficult to know.