u/Strange-Setting-1651

What technologies or methods do HR even use nowadays? Are there products to help them hire?

I’m a rising junior in college, and I was lucky enough to have two internships for the previous two summers. But this summer due to some reasons I didn’t have any. Is this going to look bad for companies? What about co-op?

I am building a B2B Saas interviewing product to deal with the flooded application situations nowadays. If your company or organizations are trying to hire and need someone to handle reading all the applications and be a filtration layer before you verify, i will do it for free.

The reason I am doing for free is because I am trying to learn the space and gain experience, as well as testing out my tools. I don't need any data, company info, or anything besides who and what skills you want the hire to have.

Mainly a question for startup founders or small/mid size companies because I am assuming these are the main ones who use takehome assignments as a new way to assess applicants

Like how long are they? What kind of questions are proposed? How did they assess you? How do you feel about them?

For all the CS job applicants out there, in 2026, do you prefer a traditional LeetCode question still, or take-home projects? I feel like although LeetCode does tell one's capability and problem-solving skills, in the modern age of AI, you will almost never use these skills directly, and a lot of times are replaced by working hand-in-hand with AI tools in real work environment. Won't takehome projects be a better way to assess one's capability?