over the years I have seen a good 30% refuse to do it
I'll do reasonable take homes, but I'll often pass on interactive coding sessions. I don't like coding in a browser, and I use my dev tools as a major crutch.
"Why did you store that value as a string instead of a long?"
"Because it's a string from standard in and I have no idea what bullshit inputs there will be so I can check it before casting it."
"But the user story said it will be a number."
Well if I had more than 15 minutes maybe I would have been able to gain confidence in the input. Something like that comes from many years of experience getting burned yet it's considered a negative mark. Some of these places are actually selecting for recklessness.
I'll do reasonable take homes, but I'll often pass on interactive coding sessions. I don't like coding in a browser, and I use my dev tools as a major crutch.
"Why did you store that value as a string instead of a long?"
"Because it's a string from standard in and I have no idea what bullshit inputs there will be so I can check it before casting it."
"But the user story said it will be a number."
Well if I had more than 15 minutes maybe I would have been able to gain confidence in the input. Something like that comes from many years of experience getting burned yet it's considered a negative mark. Some of these places are actually selecting for recklessness.