I had something similar where they had a test app online, but the test environment was broken to the point of it being non usable. Emailed them as to what was broken including error messages. Got an email cancelling my interview twenty minutes later.
They're pretty rampant in Canada. You usually get one of these types:
- Long home coding challenge (for no pay of course)
- Hours of whiteboard coding talk. If you're lucky it relates to the job at hand, most of the time it doesn't
- Doing coding tests online, either through their propitiatory app or through sites like HackerRank.
- A conversation type interview, where you talk about the job (have only had this one in my recent attempt. Didn't get past that phase)
Of the roughly 30 interviews that I've done in the last ten weeks, only one place ever asked about my github profile (which I don't have yet, currently revamping it since most of the code was years old and pretty meh). Almost every one of them had questions about my linkedin profile though.
I'm currently looking for back end development opportunities. I have experience in multiple languages, mainly in the Java stack, and have worked with companies ranging from brand new startups to world wide distrusted corporate teams. Also have some experience with Python, Scala, and system administration tasks as well.
I'm currently looking for back end development opportunities. I have experience in multiple languages, mainly in the Java stack, and have worked with companies ranging from brand new startups to world wide distrusted corporate teams. Also have some experience with Python, Scala, and system administration tasks as well.
I'm currently looking for back end development opportunities. I have experience in multiple languages, mainly in the Java stack, and have worked with companies ranging from brand new startups to world wide distrusted corporate teams. Also have some experience with Python, Scala, and system administration tasks as well.
Have had two since I started at the place I'm at now. It's basically very nebulous "you're doing ok/you're not doing well in x" type reviews that they get from the departments you're contracted out too. Recommendations are usually "keep doing what you're doing/do more work/do work faster". You provide feedback forms for how you feel youre doing in various areas, but they're effectively useless as its the managers rebuttal that holds all the weight. There's rumours of career planning being integrated into the mix, but that's apparently been on the table for years with no change.
Had an associate of mine at the same company two weeks ago get a performance review (more of a contract since he had to sign it), that said he had to improve performance in a month or he'd be fired. The reasons? Too slow/too low quality, but no specific measurable metrics to meet that he'd be able to use to keep his job when re-evaluation comes up in a month.
Needless to say, performance evaluations aren't given a lot of thought here. Wish they were.
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I'm currently looking for roughly a year long contract with the possibility of extension developing back end solutions. I have experience in multiple languages, mainly in the Java stack, and have worked with companies ranging from brand new startups to world wide distrusted corporate teams. Also have some experience with Python, Scala, and system administration tasks as well.
