Failed a dozen elite startup interviews until a take-home: the take-home hiring debate
brandon_galang · x · 2026-11-01
@doctorbaytas says he never passed a single coding interview, failing at roughly a dozen elite startups — until Attio gave him a take-home, and the team said he was the only candidate who understood and implemented the spec 100%. Brandon Galang agrees, calling brain-teaser interviews useless and favoring take-homes that reflect actual work.
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