Fairlane
Web and SaaS
recruiting take-home tests
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
5 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score +0.50.
Idea: 3 for, 0 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple, straightforward site with clear pricing and Greenhouse integration.
From 1 comment
Take-home projects are flawed as well. - The candidates could pay/ask someone else to do the assessment for them/* and prepare a presentation. - You are assuming candidates are…
masterof0 on HN
Take-homes reduce stress compared with live coding.
From 2 comments
Hi HN – I’m Karim, the creator of Fairlane. I built this because as a hiring manager I found out the hard way that take-home projects were way better than any other way to screen…
vorador on HNPersonally, I hate algo interviews and whiteboards and have a 100% fail rate on them. I can do tough Codility challenges, but in front of a person, I fall apart doing even basic…
muzani on HN
Hard time limit on repo access helps stop takehomes running too long.
From 1 comment
Yeah that's fair! As a candidate I've enjoyed takehomes in the past because I was able to dip out easily if the project was clearly not doable in the alloted time. It's a bit…
vorador on HN
Objections
Take-homes often take far longer than advertised and eat candidates' weekends.
From 1 comment
The thing with take homes is that if I apply for 4 or 5 jobs and they all want a take home, than I am literally spending all weekend doing these things because they are NEVER…
russdpale on HN
Take-home tests can be outsourced or cheated on.
From 1 comment
Take-home projects are flawed as well. - The candidates could pay/ask someone else to do the assessment for them/* and prepare a presentation. - You are assuming candidates are…
masterof0 on HN
Take-homes suit only early screens, not full interview processes.
From 1 comment
Some of my best coding interviews have been async take home projects. Plaid actually had a time-limited (2 hr) take home interview where I had access to a github repo with…
pfista on HN
Requests
Support for later interview stages.
From 1 comment
Some of my best coding interviews have been async take home projects. Plaid actually had a time-limited (2 hr) take home interview where I had access to a github repo with…
pfista on HN
A library of take-home problems.
From 1 comment
So you send candidates a repo invite that they have a few hours to complete a task then the repo gets revoked. Pretty cool! The only other problem I see is to come up with enough…
johnjungles on HN
Use for universities proctoring programming exams.
From 1 comment
This is a brilliant idea and I could see it going well beyond just coding assessments for SWE related jobs. Have you considered selling this into universities where they want to…
connorbrereton on HN
Questions
How does the tool work exactly?
From 1 comment
The idea is cool and I prefer take-home assignments definitely as well. Also from an employeer perspective. I am not sure I am understanding what your tool is doing EXACTLY but…
jack335 on HN
Will it support later interview stages?
From 1 comment
Some of my best coding interviews have been async take home projects. Plaid actually had a time-limited (2 hr) take home interview where I had access to a github repo with…
pfista on HN
Alternatives named
Automated take-home platform by WeCreateProblems.
From 1 comment
https://www.wecreateproblems.com/automated-take-home-assignments We've actually automated the entire take-home-assignment. Check the above link out. Love to help hiring managers…
skabhi on HN
Codility coding tests.
From 1 comment
Personally, I hate algo interviews and whiteboards and have a 100% fail rate on them. I can do tough Codility challenges, but in front of a person, I fall apart doing even basic…
muzani on HN