I really like your reasoning and content of this post, I agree case assignments are best method to evaluate candidate´s ability. The challenge I see is not the ´´free consulting work´´ you referred to, but rather how unsustainable it will be for applicants if this is adopted widely by companies. Today´s market is very competitive and is numbers game to some extent, hence candidates apply to several jobs at time, and might be in multiple processes in the same time, imagine all employers asking for a case that normally each takes few days to prep. Same quality of candidate´s work might be poor in one process, but excellent in other, also depends on the competition one is against.
Do you summarize the points made in this post to candidates prior to giving them the assignment? I.e., “We’ve already completed this task we’re giving you; we want to see how your work lined up with our neeeds. So we’re not asking you to do free work for us”
This post had me both skeptical about its ethics and glad with its outcome.
Candidate work assignments are a challenging issue to navigate, and its handling it says a lot about the company.
I can see how employing your screening methods brings a well rounded view into potential hires. For companies making 1-2 hires annually, each team member will have a profound impact on the company and culture. Can this person work well with others? How do they manage stressful situations? Do they contribute anything of value? Regularly? Do their values align with ours? At which point is this hire expanding diversity or just not a culture fit?
All important questions to deal with, and with far reaching consequences, which is why your approach is one of the better ones I've seen.
I love the critical thinking component of the assessment! I'm curious, do you ask in the assignment to lay out their thought process as well?
The reason I ask is that in a ChatGPT/GenAI world, some might rely on it to do so. Although this isn't necessarily wrong (depending on your corporate stance), it would be useful to ask if they do so, to also present their prompting. It would reveal some signal to their actual critical thinking skills and remove some of the GenAI noise.
I really like your reasoning and content of this post, I agree case assignments are best method to evaluate candidate´s ability. The challenge I see is not the ´´free consulting work´´ you referred to, but rather how unsustainable it will be for applicants if this is adopted widely by companies. Today´s market is very competitive and is numbers game to some extent, hence candidates apply to several jobs at time, and might be in multiple processes in the same time, imagine all employers asking for a case that normally each takes few days to prep. Same quality of candidate´s work might be poor in one process, but excellent in other, also depends on the competition one is against.
Do you summarize the points made in this post to candidates prior to giving them the assignment? I.e., “We’ve already completed this task we’re giving you; we want to see how your work lined up with our neeeds. So we’re not asking you to do free work for us”
This post had me both skeptical about its ethics and glad with its outcome.
Candidate work assignments are a challenging issue to navigate, and its handling it says a lot about the company.
I can see how employing your screening methods brings a well rounded view into potential hires. For companies making 1-2 hires annually, each team member will have a profound impact on the company and culture. Can this person work well with others? How do they manage stressful situations? Do they contribute anything of value? Regularly? Do their values align with ours? At which point is this hire expanding diversity or just not a culture fit?
All important questions to deal with, and with far reaching consequences, which is why your approach is one of the better ones I've seen.
I love the critical thinking component of the assessment! I'm curious, do you ask in the assignment to lay out their thought process as well?
The reason I ask is that in a ChatGPT/GenAI world, some might rely on it to do so. Although this isn't necessarily wrong (depending on your corporate stance), it would be useful to ask if they do so, to also present their prompting. It would reveal some signal to their actual critical thinking skills and remove some of the GenAI noise.