Have you ever decided to work with a recruiter solely because they claimed to perform "technical tests" prior to submitting resumes to you? We were excited to work with a potential client and it's look like we're going to lose the business for this reason. If you ask me, these are largely a gimmick for recruiting firms to win new business, but I'm curious if you've made a decision based on such tests and if you have any experience with them. I think a highly intelligent, highly motivated, specialized technical recruiter can screen for technical skills to a sufficient level that these tests shouldn't be necessary. Additionally, the more steps (hoops to jump through) you add into the interview process early on, the more likely you are to lose the most highly qualified candidates that have many career options. Thoughts? #recruiting #recruiter #technicalrecruiter #technicalrecruiting #externalrecruiting #externalrecruiter #externalrecruiters #infosecjobs #infosechires #infoseconnect #infosecconnect #cyberjobs #cybersecurityjobs #cybersecurity #infosec #informationsecurity #cybercareer #cybercareers #technicaltests #casestudies #questionnaires #hiringmanager #hiringmanagers
I outright refuse any form of testing either technical or personality. Turned down a lucrative job offer because of a personality test. If you can't determine if someone is talented or fits with you by talking with them, you don't need to be a hiring manager.
Honestly. If I'm required to do some basic python/sql test before even talking to a manager. (At my level). I just tell them I'm not interested. I'm willing to do a technical assignment (under 30 minutes). After talking with a hiring manager though, if I'm really interested in the team.
I've twice been given problems to solve before an interview that were clearly not hypothetical. If you're looking for 5 hours of consulting, I can send you a contract and you can pay me.
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11moI largely agree with this, but I can see value in problem solving assessments. I was given a forensics problem set to analyze some evidence that was really interesting. The bigger problem I see is the time commitment to needed to complete these assessments and frankly receiving little to no feedback on several occasions. I wrote a functional script to extract data from a dataset in another assessment that as best I can figure was rejected outright by a “blind” AI because the output was off by one line. I had figure that out myself. Two minute fix, but I never got an opportunity to address it. That’s not how real life works.