How do you get senior candidates to spend any time and effort on submitting "work samples"?
I'm a senior engineer. Last time I interviewed, I received multiple offers from brand-name employers. None of them required any work samples, just hard technical interviews.
A few times I saw a small unknown company that piqued my interest. I talked to them. Occasionally one would require me to do some sort of a task.
Why would I do it?
I don't need to do any of that for the top employers in the market. Why would I spend hours of my time, and precious coding time, especially on some small company I never heard of before?
I haven't done that in years, and doubt I'll ever do it again. The only way you could get me to do it is if I was desperate for a job.
By requiring this sort of time and effort from candidates, you are screening out the best ones, those who can get multiple offers from great employers without jumping hoops for you.
I'm a senior engineer. Last time I interviewed, I received multiple offers from brand-name employers. None of them required any work samples, just hard technical interviews.
A few times I saw a small unknown company that piqued my interest. I talked to them. Occasionally one would require me to do some sort of a task.
Why would I do it?
I don't need to do any of that for the top employers in the market. Why would I spend hours of my time, and precious coding time, especially on some small company I never heard of before?
I haven't done that in years, and doubt I'll ever do it again. The only way you could get me to do it is if I was desperate for a job.
By requiring this sort of time and effort from candidates, you are screening out the best ones, those who can get multiple offers from great employers without jumping hoops for you.