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Good question.

I really don't know because I was only an intern, but I guess they took vacation days (law mandates minimum 20/year). But I also recall a discussion here on HN on this topic, where applicants (at a different company) were in invited to work on a weekend.

2 days is probably overkill for US-companies, but a bit of pair-programming on real problems seems a lot better than "Let's see if you memorized this trivia fact you'll never need in your job"




Yes it's good to collaborate of course, but two days of(non-paid?) work seems quite much for a candidate with a few years experience




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