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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I have gotten around huge coding homework during interview proceedings by telling the company that I’m also interviewing elsewhere. The homework dropped from a six hour task to a one hour task.

Some companies try to get free labor out of you during the interview proceedings.