THE BUSINESS OF TAKEHOME ASSESSMENTS

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This article looks at how the industry does takehome assessments. The median time for takehome assessments in the industry is 3 hours, with the longest taking 10 days. Only around 10% of companies compensate candidates for their work. The main complaints engineers have with takehome assessments are that they fail to define reasonable time caps and the requirements are open-ended. The majority of companies issuing takehomes are design studios, lean web development agencies, and mobile dev teams based out of Eastern Europe.