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It’s official: I hate them. Don’t get me wrong, I understand their use and the reasons why potential employers give them out. There’s enough programmers in the world who aren’t really skilled enough ...

Technical assessment is crucial in recruiting programmer candidates. You want to assess programming skills quickly and accurate, but in a friendly way – not to put off valuable candidates. That’s ...

Automated testing for software engineering job candidates is widely used today, with many companies relying on such techniques to identify the most talented programmers. But these tests are not ...

There are mixed opinions about coding tests for job interviews. Some developers are opposed to coding tests because they are incredibly time-consuming — or the test is irrelevant to the position — and ...

Since ChatGPT and generative artificial intelligence (AI) hit the public consciousness in 2022, I've been exploring how well AI chatbots can write code. At first, the technology was a novelty, akin to ...

I find myself in the job market once again, and I have a lead that requires me to take a programming test. I've been working full time for a few years and have never had to do this before, so I was ...

What's the best way of sizing up a job candidate's computer programming skills? Many tech interviewers opt for a high-pressure stint at a whiteboard, in which job seekers must write out their ...