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		RandallBrown on Nov 10, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Method I’ve Used to Eliminate Bad Tech Hires If it's supposed to be 2 hours of work, then it wouldn't be too big of an issue. Even a simple phone screen is going to eat up 2 hours of my day, much less the full day interviews that most big tech companies do.

limelight on Nov 10, 2016 | [–]

In practice, I rarely see assignments that are actually 2 hours. Even this article suggests giving candidates the weekend.

patrickdavey on Nov 10, 2016 | | [–]

Yes, which is interesting, as 2 hours != the weekend..

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