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Comment by Noumenon72
I was thinking, wouldn't it be fairer to do the test in an online code sandbox where being able to build and install isn't an issue? Then I thought, isn't letting the candidate use their own machine and debugging tools about as biased as hiring a limo driver based on how fast they can drive their own car? It does tell you who's a real "car guy" or "Unix guy", it just has a slight disparate impact by screening for people with money and hobbies. I mean, I think you should be allowed to hire these people because they will be better at the job, but hopefully they could also show that in a sandbox test.