We Hire the Best, Just Like Everyone Else
My team does take-home project, a small problem to solve that should take at most a couple hours. It&#x27;s the same problem for every candidate so we&#x27;re judging them on common work. It&#x27;s not real work, it&#x27;s made up.<p>In interviewing discussions in places like HN, there is enough pushback against this idea, which is a bit surprising to me. I thought a few hours work was reasonable when I was interviewing. But my point is that just this small bit of work seems already too big for many people, let alone working 10-20 hours a week moonlighting. It&#x27;s cool that they pay for it, but that pay is pretty insignificant in the overall scheme of things. (Also, now you&#x27;re not really interviewing, you&#x27;re doing client work. Different relationship.)<p>When I have tried moonlighting in the past I found the stress incommensurate with the additional income. So I don&#x27;t think I would do it as an interview, personally.<p>It sucks that companies take a risk during hiring. But I&#x27;m not really interested in making that my problem, as a job seeker.