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What is the current industry standard for take-home coding assignment time limits for senior software engineer applicants?

ChatGPTgpt-61 query11/1/2026
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What is the current industry standard for take-home coding assignment time limits for senior software engineer applicants?
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senior software engineer take-home coding assignment recommended time limit 2-4 hours industry practice 2025 hiringGoogle ↗
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senior software engineer take-home coding assignment recommended time limit 2-4 hours industry practice 2025 hiring Google ↗

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senior software engineer take-home coding assignment recommended time limit 2-4 hours industry practice 2025 hiring
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