> we encourage candidates to use all resources on our take home interview test
This sounds great. In my response to another comment I was worried if accepting-but-not-encouraging this kind of behavior would put the interviewees on uneven ground. But if you tell them in advance that basically anything goes, it's fair for all parties.
> The real surprising part is how many take home problems we have received that either do not compile, do not pass the test data we give, or look like the instructions were completely ignored.
Sounds horrible. Though I guess that's only a good thing. Seems like the assignment is doing its job in those cases pretty well :)
This sounds great. In my response to another comment I was worried if accepting-but-not-encouraging this kind of behavior would put the interviewees on uneven ground. But if you tell them in advance that basically anything goes, it's fair for all parties.
> The real surprising part is how many take home problems we have received that either do not compile, do not pass the test data we give, or look like the instructions were completely ignored.
Sounds horrible. Though I guess that's only a good thing. Seems like the assignment is doing its job in those cases pretty well :)