At a minimum, candidates should be invited to seek a waiver of any “complete in one sitting” requirement on an early-round work task for good cause, without any adverse consequences whether the waiver is granted or not. Speaking as an employed individual with a preschooler, three hours of uninterrupted time is a a big ask for an early-round job application process!
From my own experience as an applicant for EA organizations, I’d estimate that maybe 50% to 60% of the work sample tests or the tasks that I’ve been assigned have either requested or required that I complete it in one sitting.
And I do think that there is a lot of benefit in limiting the time candidates can spend on it, otherwise we might end up assessing Candidate A’s ten hours of work and Candidate B’s three hours of work. We want to make sure it is a fair evaluation of what each of them can do when we control for as many variables as possible.
At a minimum, candidates should be invited to seek a waiver of any “complete in one sitting” requirement on an early-round work task for good cause, without any adverse consequences whether the waiver is granted or not. Speaking as an employed individual with a preschooler, three hours of uninterrupted time is a a big ask for an early-round job application process!
I find it’s very rare to have to do the work test in 1 sitting, and I at least usually do better if I can split it up a bit
From my own experience as an applicant for EA organizations, I’d estimate that maybe 50% to 60% of the work sample tests or the tasks that I’ve been assigned have either requested or required that I complete it in one sitting.
And I do think that there is a lot of benefit in limiting the time candidates can spend on it, otherwise we might end up assessing Candidate A’s ten hours of work and Candidate B’s three hours of work. We want to make sure it is a fair evaluation of what each of them can do when we control for as many variables as possible.
The work tests that don’t require a single sitting still do have a max number of hours