Why not just start out with those questions and have a "add new question" or "request new question" feature in the app/website?
this post was submitted on 27 Sep 2023
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The questions I am giving as an example are already there. What I am asking is to people to sign up, go through these questions and provide some feedback.
Ah, I understood you meant that you wanted more ideas for questions.
That as well! :)
The problem with this is that there's usually a gap (often a very large gap) between what an employer wants (or thinks they want) and reality.
Often employers will put out a massive shopping list saying they want a rockstar developer who knows everything and has a hundred years of experience when they really need a recent graduate who knows git ok and can write a bit of java. In a similar vein I could easily see employers looking at the questions on your site and putting in unrealistic expectations for the company culture.
Right, but just like in the dating sites, those that come with a huge list of absurd requirements quickly change their tune once they face reality.
If a employer answers the quiz with high expectations and marking all questions as mandatory, they will find out that the only candidates that can satisfy the criteria are likely to be unavailable or out of their price range, and then will adjust accordingly.