Sure, anything popular can be gamed. And countermeasures will in-turn be applied (checking for plagiarism, etc).
The point to note is that there is (usually) a job on the line, and a programming challenge is not the only part of the screening process -- it will usually be followed by a live coding session/interview. So the question is would someone risk gaming the process, when the chance of getting caught is high. We think not.
...but when a programmer who has gamed the system gets an interview and then is discovered to be a fraud, doesn't that defeat the purpose of using this service in the first place (to save thousands of interview hours, per the article)?
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I'm not saying these tests are totally useless.
They're also easy to fake. If this became widely adopted, you could hire someone on Fiverr to boost your score.
Sure, anything popular can be gamed. And countermeasures will in-turn be applied (checking for plagiarism, etc).
The point to note is that there is (usually) a job on the line, and a programming challenge is not the only part of the screening process -- it will usually be followed by a live coding session/interview. So the question is would someone risk gaming the process, when the chance of getting caught is high. We think not.
...but when a programmer who has gamed the system gets an interview and then is discovered to be a fraud, doesn't that defeat the purpose of using this service in the first place (to save thousands of interview hours, per the article)?
Some locks are broken and burglars get in. But that doesn't mean the business or purpose of locks is defeated.