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I present to you evidence to support this claim...
Clickety[^]
Jeremy Falcon
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forgetfulness headache: is forgetting the wife's birthday a medical condition?
head lac: lactating??? cream in your mustache?
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I took one look and understood what they meant. Not sure why a comma would be needed, it makes perfect sense as is. I can see how someone with a very dirty mind might parse that without a comma, but that's on them, not the writer of the card.
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I was thinking the same thing too, but decided to seize the chance to post a picture about diarrhea instead.
Jeremy Falcon
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You got your priorities right, Jeremy.  
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Jeremy Falcon
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You're not from Arkansas, are you? 
Will Rogers never met me.
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Born in Georgia, moved to Virginia, then to Oklahoma, then to Kansas, then to Iowa, then within Iowa, then to Indiana, then within Indiana, and then again within Indiana.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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It must be the California public schooling but where would the comma go and how would it make it different?
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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For what is on the card, a comma would be bad (but sadly common) grammar. An Oxford comma would require a list of at least three items.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Hi, I have been asked to take a Codility test. Anybody has experience with that? It looks like most people hate it.
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What the hell is a Codility test?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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How well you know Call Of Duty games?
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Ahh.. I'm good then
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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I was thinking exactly the same.
Fast google: https://codility.com/candidate-faq/
Looks like it is an online enviroment to solve programming tasks to prove your skills.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Kevin Marois wrote: What the hell is a Codility test?
I actually read it the way the OP intended, codability. I did not see the misspelling until reading your post.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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C'mon, it's not a programming question..
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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It is a very good plan to take money from HR...
I did one to see how it is - prove nothing of your ability!
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Yeah man. I think if someone is technical they're not really needed. In the world we live in though, people who tend to hire technical people aren't really technical. So they need something to make them feel better about the choice.
Jeremy Falcon
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It all depends on the situation. I used to date a doctor in Orange County when I first moved to Los Angeles, and when she changed jobs they'd fly her in and put her up in a hotel near the hospital being considered for the interview. The interview!! They didn't test her with a live on-site patient, etc. I was thinking damn we get short changed in tech.
However, the barrier to entry is much much lower in tech. Yes a great programmer has to study just as much as a doctor. But the barrier to entry is lower. We don't have to pay for medical school and go to it for 8 years. We basically just need a computer and an Internet connect and no life.
What does this mean for the market? It means there are a lot of people full of crap in the market place. Try hiring a few programmers and you'll see. They regurgitate something they read on MSDN and think they're pros now. Real talent is hard to find. Being a great programmer is still a valuable skill to have but you have to go through a lot of weeds. And so we have tests.
In my experiences if the tests are given by someone technical and friendly they are usually fun. I remember a buddy of mine from Florida who was my manager at the time. Super smart guy when it came to dealing with people and we'd joke around with the online test when screening new people. If they're given by someone that doesn't know a left mouse click from a right one then it's annoying and not even generally relevant. To top it off, if you generalize conceptual answers that shows you understand the whys instead of blanket memorization, they don't get it because they don't know tech.
I actually did an interview not too long ago where I was sent a JScript .NET test for a JavaScript position. I told them that's the wrong test. They changed it out to a JavaScript one and then I took that one. That didn't pan out despite me passing the test because it was amateur hour with these people, and I told them as such. But, if they're good at what they do then look at it like a chance to help show your stuff, to give you a marketing edge for the job.
That's where the industry is at right now, so you're just going to have to deal with it.
Jeremy Falcon
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Yes, but ... There are some clowns out there (and they have people's ears) that go around saying you should hire 4 or 5 "low-ballers", and keep the one that produces the "best product".
The reasoning here being that by buying a "bunch" of cheap labor (versus one "expensive" professional), the "probability" of you getting what you wanted is increased because there are more "bodies" involved.
Clients "new" to freelancing are swallowing it.
"(I) am amazed to see myself here rather than there ... now rather than then".
― Blaise Pascal
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This goes beyond just coding. HR has adopted the "warm body" mentality. Get a body in, set them in front of a computer for a couple of hours of online training, and viola! Instant efficient worker! I abhor HR people in case you can't tell...
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And they'll measure your keystrokes and mouse moves while taking snaps of your desktop and of you with your web cam.
"(I) am amazed to see myself here rather than there ... now rather than then".
― Blaise Pascal
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