> When you're hiring an accountant, do you give them 4h take-home assignments? How about hours of interviews with your accounting team to suss out their accounting skills and critique their style? I mean, how DO you determine if they're real accountants or one of these fakers I've heard so much about that can't even do some simple books?
I've been at two startups, and both gave the accounting candidates take-home tests. Not an accountant, but on some interview loops.
Edit: Im not advocating for take homes, just noting that they exist for accountants.
> Or how about lawyers? Do you ask them to write up a fictional legal brief or some boilerplate that the rest of your legal team can scrutinize to see if they're an A player? How about a multi-day interview just to make sure you've asked all the tough legal questions? No? Then how can you know that they're not going to drag your fragile company down with their poor performance and gasp have to be fired! The horror!
This is my former career. Having take home tests would absolutely be an improvement over the legal hiring process.
I've been at two startups, and both gave the accounting candidates take-home tests. Not an accountant, but on some interview loops.
Edit: Im not advocating for take homes, just noting that they exist for accountants.
> Or how about lawyers? Do you ask them to write up a fictional legal brief or some boilerplate that the rest of your legal team can scrutinize to see if they're an A player? How about a multi-day interview just to make sure you've asked all the tough legal questions? No? Then how can you know that they're not going to drag your fragile company down with their poor performance and gasp have to be fired! The horror!
This is my former career. Having take home tests would absolutely be an improvement over the legal hiring process.