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Tech Job Interviews Are Out of Control (www.wired.com)

submitted 10 months ago by L4s to c/technology

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Tech Job Interviews Are Out of Control::Tech companies are famous for coddling their workers but after mass layoffs the industry's culture has shifted. Engineers say that getting hired can require days of work on unpaid assignments.

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[–] [email protected] 78 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Why do people agree to this? An hour assignment after speaking with someone is one thing, biut I had a couple of companies ask for homework before meeting anyone. Just didn't respond. Teach them it's not OK.

[–] [email protected] 62 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Some people are desperate for employment.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 10 months ago

Many people...

[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Exactly. I was unemployed for several months and once the desperation kicked in, I would have done anything to get a job.

[–] AgentGrimstone 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You've been unemployed for months, your bank account is almost depleted, and the thought of being homeless is becoming very real. It's tough to stay being picky at that point.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is by design

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Can you please explain this idea—I’ve not heard it before? And who, specifically, has designed and implemented this?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I ghosted at least one company because the pre-interview task was far too much effort. I'm all for having some writing of code as part of the process, though IME reading code is much more frequent/important.

I guess we all set our own limits, but I refuse to work more than an hour or two without (at least an expectation of) pay. Maybe that's privilege talking, tho.

[–] ohlaph 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I had something similar. I didn't ghost them, I specifically called them and said I wasn't doing a day's worth of their work for free.

They wanted me to write a bunch of unit tests and other stuff. There was a list to do. It would have taken all weekend.

Mind you, this was to qualify to interview.

I told them I wasn't interested in working for free and said I'm terminating the interview process because of their ridiculous request.

[–] ooterness 8 points 10 months ago

Send them an invoice at your expected hourly rate.