Do you think requiring a skills assessment test impedes your organization's ability to attract talent?
I'm sure we'll find people who will say, "You know what, I don't want to do that." But from my experience, I went through eight interviews because I really wanted the job. I told my husband, "I don't know if this will work out or not, but I'm going to keep at it. Hopefully, I'll be the last man standing." I want candidates that have that same desire to work for us. If not, maybe they're not a good fit for our company's culture.
That’s interesting. Do you 1099 them a flat rate on the work or do you pay them hourly?
You don’t pay them at all, this is part of the interview process.
You’re giving someone several hours of work to do. If you don’t hire them, you should ask for an invoice.
Otherwise, respect their time better.
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It's easy to say, "Well, they weren't really interested in the job in the first place if they didn't want to go through that exercise." But at the same time, it's such a competitive market. There are other companies that are hiring them sight unseen, so to speak.
This is a great practice but I see this being successful only in two instances. You either pay candidates way above the industry average so they are highly motivated to go to all the interview hops or your company reputation is so great that they want to absolutely work for you and will do everything necessary.
Fair - I think the third category would be (and what our team asserts) that there are is a segment of habitual learners that build these kind of test environments on their own to hone their skills and thus appreciate the challenge. Anecdotally, I'll tell you this team has the lowest turnover in the entire professional services practice.